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 Judd Apatow said elsewhere, not written here
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.

Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, July 2009 source ↗

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Hilary Swank Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗
Björn Ulvaeus Swedish musician
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.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 June 2020 source ↗

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