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.

Recorded Enrique Iglesias said elsewhere, not written here
Elvira, the lady that took care of me when my parents weren't able to be there. She dedicated her whole life to me and my brother and my sister. Now I take care of her.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 August 2010 source ↗

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Anna Paquin New Zealand actress
I am really loving the badass co-captain of the US soccer team, Megan Rapinoe. She is exceptionally hard-working and talented, and stands up for what she believes.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 27 July 2019 source ↗
Christopher and Dana Reeve. Robert and Michelle Smithdas—teachers who are both deaf and blind. Oprah Winfrey.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2004 source ↗
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen English interior designer and television personality
The missus. She is the glamour mamma mia at the top of our feudal pyramid. We all live together, so she’s a full-time grandmother and rules the roost. How she steered us through lockdown was extraordinary.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗
Rhys Ifans Welsh actor and musician
Anyone who is risking their life to cross a body of water with their family to escape war.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 September 2019 source ↗

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