The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?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.
The character of Frasier Crane – he's given me hours of laughter and an appreciation of the finer things in life.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 August 2010 source ↗
He passed away a few months ago: Muhammad Ali.
Bill Gates. Not only did he build Microsoft, he went on with his wife to create the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. They support the, in my view, single most important factor in making the world a better place – empowerment of women and girls.
Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Earth Institute. The work he and the team are doing to reduce extreme poverty is phenomenal.
Deborah Divine.
Still being married to Annabel.
When my bowels move freely and without complications.
The concept of eternity.
Sinatra's The Best Is Yet To Come.
Boothby Graffoe calling up to pester me into promoting his new album, available on Amazon and iTunes.
Sending a text meant for my wife to Dara O'Briain by mistake, revealing myself to be a control freak.
Alice Eve, Julia Stiles, Rory Kinnear, Karamo Brown, Samuel West, Sofie Gråbøl
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