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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Immersed in a bowl of noodles, sat around my parents' dining room table with all my family. Bliss!
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2010 source ↗
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Jimmy Savile
English media personality and sex offender
During the war - to a teenager, wartime is very exciting. And when there was no traffic, I could ride my bike about the lovely Yorkshire lanes with not a car in sight. And I'm very happy today because I'm not skint.
Driving solo across the country from New York to Washington State.
Sara Cox
English broadcaster
Getting a daily show on Radio 2, because that was an ambition for so long.
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