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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Stephen K Amos
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John McCarthy, the journalist who was held captive for five years in Beirut. I’ve met him and he was so full of peace, humility and forgiveness – it was inspiring.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 September 2025 source ↗

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Shonda Rhimes
Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗
Chris Rock
Barack Obama—just the balls to think he could be president is gangster. People forget that, when he first announced he was running, most black people were for Hillary Clinton. The only person that was laughed at more for a crazy idea was Noah.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, January 2016 source ↗
Michael Ball English singer, presenter and actor
Volodymyr Zelenskiy, his trajectory from performer to leading his country and then stepping up in such a magnificent way is extraordinary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 May 2023 source ↗

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