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 Douglas Booth said elsewhere, not written here
My friend Josie Naughton, the co‑founder and CEO of the charity Choose Love, which supports refugees and displaced people. She left her job working for Coldplay to dedicate her life to this cause.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 15 February 2025 source ↗

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Henry Louis Gates Jr.
It’s a tie between Vernon Eulion Jordan Jr., Wole Soyinka, and Oprah Winfrey. All are fearless, all know themselves, all have examined themselves, and all are comfortable with what they have seen.
Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, March 2019 source ↗
Kate Nash British musician
My mum, because she’s been a nurse for over 40 years. She works in a hospice, and there’s no bullshit with her.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2019 source ↗
Hilary Swank Actor
My mum, because I have seen how she has struggled and how she wants to continue to grow.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 March 2011 source ↗

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