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.
People worship music artists or actors but I have a lot of admiration for doctors, people who save lives.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 December 2017 source ↗
It’s hard to beat David Attenborough. Everything he does is quality. I like people who make me proud to be British.
My dad. It's only now that I realise the huge sacrifices that he made to give us a good upbringing.
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.
My president, a heroic figure—also good- humored, pretty smart, elegant; and if the rest of the world thinks he typifies America, I don’t mind at all.
At my divorce – with good reason.
My girlfriend [Cuban model Jessica Ledon].
As a nice person, I hope.
There are types: there is the world-being-comfortable type of love and there’s the lust-and-passion type of love – I think I like that one better.
Giving DJ culture more respect.
I guess I would wake up, have breakfast with my children. Then I’d go to the studio and make the best record of my life, and then have a lot of sex! That sounds pretty balanced, I think!
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