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.
My friend Ian McKellen, who has an extraordinary record as an actor and a gay activist.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2019 source ↗
Jay Z. He’s a mogul. He’s a Sagittarius like me. I love his business moves.
My husband is the kindest, funniest, most strange and wondrous person I know.
Usain Bolt for his attitude, the amount of confidence he’s got, the way he delivers every time.
My wife, because of the lessons we’ve learned and what we have overcome over the course of our time together.
As a kind man who told good stories.
Not a lawyer, which was what I told everyone, because my father wanted me to be one.
I would have come out earlier.
The coming out letter I wrote in Tales Of The City – it seems to be the thing that’s going to last after I’m gone.
Elmore Leonard, Greg James, Jonathan Safran Foer, Jessica Hynes, Tony Ross, Rose Tremain
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