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 buddy Kenny Laguna. He’s a person of extraordinary character, he’s intelligent, and a very good friend.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 November 2020 source ↗
Peyton Manning.
Michelle Obama. Her girls were massive fans of So You Think You Can Dance and we were invited to the White House for the Easter egg hunt. She was even more brilliant than you imagine, and we bonded over a love of Beyoncé.
Greta Thunberg.
Aung San Suu Kyi – for her courage, self-sacrifice and showing that you don't need to be fierce to be strong.
My teenage years in the Runaways: I was still naive enough to think good things about the world and life and people, and I was having fun playing rock’n’roll around the world, living the dream.
An astronaut, an archaeologist, an actor, and a musician.
I had a cafeteria job, serving food, and some people were really nasty. There was a stack of nice, cool plates, and a stack of hotter plates that had just come out of the kitchen. So, if a person was an arsehole, I’d hand them a hot plate with a smile and watch them deal with it.
That my baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, is always in the basement.
Amazing Grace, on bagpipes.
My electric car: it’s a hybrid Cadillac.
Rhys Ifans, Enrique Iglesias, Beth Ditto, Cerys Matthews, Dolly Parton, Elaine Paige
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