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 mother, because now I have two sons and I have help around me – including my family – I can't imagine having four little ones under the age of nine, as she did.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 September 2010 source ↗
My wife, Grace.
All the Paralympic athletes.
My brother, Michael. He is an academic and has devoted his life to scholarship; my life seems trivial by comparison. Bastard.
Dolly Parton. I love how she does what she wants, and lives how she wants, keeping her life so private. Also, she helped fund Covid vaccine research.
I’ve been lucky. When I was a kid, I babysat and was a lifeguard, which I didn’t hate; and then I was a teacher, which I liked.
I got very emotional yesterday with a dear friend who was telling me about his relationship falling apart.
The Rolling Stones’ You Can’t Always Get What You Want.
Right now. I am loving my children’s ages – Wyatt is nine and Levi is six – and I wish I could freeze time.
The state of our government and the direction that this crazy person is taking us in.
Euphoric and very calming.
Bill Bailey, Elaine Paige, Brett Anderson, Alison Goldfrapp, Candi Staton, Hans Zimmer
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