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Anyone who lives outside the box.
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The question
Who alive today do you admire most, and what draws you to them?Originally asked
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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.
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Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
I am in my ninth decade, so most people I have admired are no longer alive.
Danielle Steel
Novelist
My agent Mort Janklow, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Walters.
Russell Howard
British comedian and presenter
Billy Connolly, who is a brilliantly funny man. I don’t know anyone who doesn’t adore him.
My Auntie Jane. She took me in, aged 10, and, after my mother died, healed my broken heart by filling our dining room with food and people. Still cooking at the grand old age of 89. My icon.
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My childhood at Graceland. And after having all my children.
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