Nancy Pelosi: Which living person do you most admire, and why?

The question

Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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.

Nancy Pelosi

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

My husband, Paul, who is an enabler of the exuberance of his wife and five kids.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2019 source ↗

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Laurie Metcalf

My sister, who manages to see the positive in any situation.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2018 source ↗

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman

Any person trying to uplift mankind.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2012 source ↗

Reggie Yates British actor and media personality

Anybody who invests the lion’s share of their time in helping others.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 November 2017 source ↗

Chris Ware American artist

For intellect: Art Spiegelman. For art: Robert Crumb. For poetry and vision: Gary Panter. For decency: Barack Obama. For genuine goodness: Charles Burns. For genius: Charlie Kaufman. For soulfulness and love: Lynda Barry. For words: Zadie Smith. For unique life's work and superhuman effort expended: Ira Glass, Dave Eggers.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 October 2012 source ↗