The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
The Guardian's Q&A repeatedly uses this prompt, sometimes dropping 'living' while retaining the same comparative judgment.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Carlos Acosta, for his incredible achievement in dance.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 October 2010 source ↗
I really admire Bonnie Raitt. She is a singer songwriter who has been doing what she has been doing for so many years and she recently won the song of the year Grammy for Just Like That. I loved the validation that creativity never stops, you can keep doing the things that you love.
Anyone who lives outside the box.
Tristan Harris.
The king – because he’s been through quite a bit and I think he’s come out the other side brilliantly.
Like you’ve got hot-water bottles all over you.
In school, I was 11, and we had to paint a picture of family life. My painting was held up to the class and I was told it looked like a spider with ink on its feet had walked across the page. It was done so viciously – humiliating.
Life is never fair.
Each time I gave birth.
I play Classic FM in the car – emotional music brings me to tears thinking about people I’ve loved and lost.
Loving, creative, demanding.
Lorraine Pascale, Antonio Banderas, Denise Welch, Ruth Jones, Marcus Mumford, Louis Smith
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