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 Neneh Cherry said elsewhere, not written here
My grandmother, Marianne Karlsson.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2014 source ↗

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Martha Stewart
I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 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 ↗
Laverne Cox
Leontyne Price gives me life. She broke racial barriers with inimitable poise, grace, and excellence, as well as unbelievable focus and vision.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2018 source ↗
DJ Khaled
Jay Z. He’s a mogul. He’s a Sagittarius like me. I love his business moves.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2016 source ↗

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