Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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.

Recorded Rob Delaney said elsewhere, not written here
Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗

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Judith Kerr British writer and illustrator
No one I can think of, but lots of people no longer living.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 May 2019 source ↗
Jason Byrne Irish comedian
My mother, because she raised all of us. I do have a dad, but in those days dads never helped with the kids.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 November 2012 source ↗
Ed Harris American actor and director
My father. He has treated every person he has met with kindness and respect.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 August 2007 source ↗

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