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Which living person do you most admire, and why?
Values & belief
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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
This has been a really good year so far.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 June 2010 source ↗
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Both of the days my children were born. It was like I’d stepped through a mirror and everything turned Technicolor.
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At the birth of my children; when Lennox Lewis was crowned undisputed world heavyweight champion; and the day I had my final gender reassignment operation.
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My wedding day, listening to my brother’s best-man speech.
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