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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.

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David Guetta French DJ
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗
Martin Sheen American actor
My wife Janet: she is the most scrupulously honest human being I have ever encountered.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 March 2017 source ↗
Kellie Maloney Retired boxing manager, promoter and politician
The pope. I was brought up in the Catholic religion, and I think he is trying to make the church more accepting of all. He’s got a very hard job because the church is very stuck in its rightwing conservative ways.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 August 2024 source ↗
Tamsin Greig
Nick Cave for his determination to hold a space for public discourse on the deep and difficult and mysterious elements of life.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 May 2025 source ↗

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