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.

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My wife, Melanie. She's had real trauma and loss in her life, yet she starts every day with joy, and sees the world as a good place

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 March 2012 source ↗

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Jason Manford English comedian and singer
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. It doesn’t seem anyone has a bad word to say about him. They should let him be president – of the world. We had a brief Twitter chat, and I printed the tweets out and put them on my office wall.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 July 2023 source ↗
David Shrigley British visual artist
Peter Tatchell is a person very worthy of admiration, but few ever seem to acknowledge him as such.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 September 2013 source ↗

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