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.

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Recorded Laverne Cox said elsewhere, not written here
Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗

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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 ↗
Chris Hoy British track cyclist, 1994–2013
Jason Queally, a former teammate. He is older than me and was Olympic champion in Sydney. The way he mentored me, even though he knew I would be a rival, was amazing.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 February 2018 source ↗

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Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight
At the SAG awards in 2016. I remember going into that night saying to myself, “I might not be here again; let me be fully in the moment.” The cast of Orange Is the New Black won the acting-ensemble award for the second year in a row, and I was there with a man I truly loved. That night was everything I had always dreamed about.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗

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