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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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Danny Alexander

British banker

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Malala Yousafzai, such a brave young woman who will not be moved from her desire to see leaders everywhere give their young citizens the education they deserve.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 December 2013 source ↗

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My dear friend Eve Plotkin, supervising attorney at the N.Y. Legal Aid Society, head of the Family Law Unit for 25 years.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, August 2022 source ↗
Ray Mears British woodsman and TV presenter
My wife, Ruth, because she holds the fort, making it possible for me to do what I do.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 September 2016 source ↗
Sheryl Crow American singer-songwriter
My mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2010 source ↗

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