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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.

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John Lewis

U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

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Barack Obama, because he believed he could be president of the United States, and he succeeded. He was kind, and he tried to set a high standard of leadership.

Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

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Rob Delaney American comedian and actor
Margaret Atwood: she’s an empathic human being who writes books that help me be a better person.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 November 2015 source ↗
Kim Wilde English pop singer
Greta Thunberg. She has reached into the hearts and minds of people all over the world and woken them up to the terrible impact we are having on our planet. What a fascinating force of nature she is.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 August 2019 source ↗
Dan Aykroyd Canadian and American actor and musician
My wife, Donna – she is an explorer, adventuress and true contributor to the lives of everyone she meets.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2013 source ↗

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