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.
Stephen Hawking: what he does is incredible. My nan died of motor neurone disease, which he has.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2017 source ↗
Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
This is kind of cheesy, but my mum.
Celia Hammond: she gave up a glamorous life to rescue cats.
My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
I’ve never had a job.
I’m proud of my achievements at the Olympics. But I prepare in exactly the same way for every race.
I would have spent every single day with my sister before she left to live in New Zealand. At my wedding, it was the first time I had seen her in two and a half years.
On my wedding day.
A Rolex, after London 2012.
Vinnie Jones, David Haye, Johanna Konta, Chris Hoy, Serena Williams, Lleyton Hewitt
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