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 Sally Field said elsewhere, not written here
Malala Yousafzai, Martina Navratilova, Misty Copeland, and Hillary Clinton.

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

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Pedro Almodóvar Film director
Dr. Pedro Cavadas, a pioneer in face transplants and a specialist in the transplant of severed members. This surgeon from Valencia devotes his summer breaks to travel to Africa and tend to children who have been castrated in tribal conflicts.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, February 2020 source ↗
Stephen Dorff American actor
My biggest teacher and my supporter over the years has been Jack Nicholson. I worked with him, we became very good friends and, every time I hit a low moment, I go visit Jack.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 July 2021 source ↗
Emilia Fox English actress and presenter
Dawn French, because I am sitting next to her and she says if I don’t say her, she will hurt me.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 6 October 2018 source ↗

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