Andrea Bocelli: Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them? — FLAPSS

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Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?

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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.

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Andrea Bocelli

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The many nuns and priests who often work in the shadows, dedicating their lives to the service of others.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

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Willem Dafoe Actor

Bob Dylan: his great gift as a poet and musician, his long, incorruptible career—and he continues to tour constantly.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, June 2014 source ↗

Jacinda Ardern, the former New Zealand prime minister – for embodying a different, more compassionate politics.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 20 April 2024 source ↗

Obama. He is a man of integrity and nobody seems to have integrity these days.

Recorded Vanity Fair, The Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, October 2017 source ↗

Greg James British author, broadcaster, comedian, and presenter

Michael Palin. He’s managed to master several disciplines. He’s also proved that being nice doesn’t mean boring.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 March 2019 source ↗

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Question Who deserves an apology from you, and for what? Failure & regret

My father, with whom I had a complex relationship: often, when I was young, his desire to protect me clashed with the stubbornness of my choices.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Question How would you want people to remember you? Death & what remains

As a man who tried to respect everyone, treating them with a smile and with due regard, despite the limitations of being human.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Question What do you fear most? Identity & self

I fear the arrogance we are all at risk of, the pride that pushes us to put “I” in place of “God”. More prosaically, I fear physical pain because it risks stripping us of our dignity.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A singer. I wanted to live off music ever since I was a child – a wish that came true when I was over 35 years old.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

When each of my three children was born.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

Question What trait do you most dislike in other people? Values & belief

Lack of humility, the absence of goodness.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 November 2024 source ↗

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