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

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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.

Martha Stewart

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I know too many really good people to choose just one person—and that is not indecision.

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

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Samuel West British actor, theatre director, and narrator

Greta Thunberg. For setting an example and fighting hatred with humour.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 October 2020 source ↗

Richard Bacon English television and radio presenter

Sheryl Sandberg at Facebook.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 August 2015 source ↗

Ashley Walters British actor and rapper

My mum – I've watched her struggle financially, emotionally, mentally even, and she's come through it.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 January 2012 source ↗

Laura Mvula English singer

Prince – there is no one greater.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 August 2014 source ↗

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Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

Any type of indecision.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

Right now, in the present. I have a short memory.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Indecision and wishy-washiness.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I’m a very fearless person.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, November 2009 source ↗

Question What does happiness look like for you when life is going well? Identity & self

A verdant landscape filled with beautiful animals of all kinds, harp music, cumulus clouds in a bright-blue sky, and happy people conversing pleasantly, sipping cold sake from homemade bamboo cups.

Recorded The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 1 November 2009 source ↗

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