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.
Ed Sheeran, a little ginger boy from the farmlands in Suffolk who ran away to London, slept on the streets and became the biggest musician in the world.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 January 2022 source ↗
The Dalai Lama.
My dad, for providing for the family for 20 years – he was a wine merchant and recently retired.
Greta Thunberg, for obvious reasons.
Angela Merkel; she seems wise, compassionate, curiously huggable.
Passion projects. I built the world’s first CBD steam room, opened the first Jamaican restaurant in Tenerife, I’m about to open a bar. Because I come from poverty, I want to make sure my children have a better start than I did.
As an honest person who tried to help where he could. Nothing fancy.
It isn’t supposed to hurt, I know that.
When I first got excluded from school at 15, my dad gave me experience as a roofer. That’s when I came to realise I’m scared of heights.
Yesterday – I’m bipolar.
Documentaries, my dog and Pornhub.
John Cleese, Chris Rock, Jonathan Safran Foer, Luise Rainer, PP Arnold, Greg James
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