Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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Barack Obama, for his humility and grace in the face of enormous difficulty.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 April 2025 source ↗
My wife (Borat voice).
I have a lot of respect and admiration for President Carter. It was a delight when I got the Nobel Peace Prize to get a letter from him. It meant a lot to me, getting that letter from a man who is my idol in many ways. ... He always has the courage to express his views, his convictions. He doesn’t hesitate to run against the current. He has always had a moral certitude. He looks at the ethics and morality of his action, and that’s key. Whatever we do in life, whether privately or publicly, we need to have a compass. We need to be sure that what we do is not only good for us, but good for the people at large. That’s ethics. That’s morality. I think we need to always know that our work is not just good for us in the short term, but it’s morally correct. And when I talk about morality, I don’t talk about religion. I talk about a moral code, a moral value, which I think we all have, being honest, being fair, being correct. These are values I think we all share.
Anyone brave enough to truly be themselves.
All the Paralympic athletes.
Dancing on stage with an open fly.
I worry about doing everything right with my kids.
The Covid years. My life is diminished since then. I lost my brother. My children lost some social expression, and we are still recovering from that.
Redemption. People can be redeemed, goals can be redeemed.
A bushel of self-confidence.
More time with my boys.
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