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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Chris Rock
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Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

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Enrique Iglesias Spanish singer
Elvira, the lady that took care of me when my parents weren't able to be there. She dedicated her whole life to me and my brother and my sister. Now I take care of her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2010 source ↗
Tina Fey
Cathy Rigby. She was really good in that stage version of Peter Pan. No joke.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, May 2011 source ↗

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Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight
August 16, 1985. My dad took me and my brothers Andre and Tony to see the Fresh Fest at the Nassau Coliseum, on Long Island. We saw Whodini, the Fat Boys, and Grandmaster Flash. Greatest day of my life. The births of my children were big days, too, but billions of people have children—only 15,000 people saw that show.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗

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