Which living person do you most admire, and why?

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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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Recorded Shirley Hughes said elsewhere, not written here
My sons for their bravery, and my daughter and daughters-in-law for being working mothers and always being able to make me laugh.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 January 2012 source ↗

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Emma Bunton British singer
My mother: she’s an inspiration. She went back to college in her 40s, started karate and became a black belt.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 June 2021 source ↗
Paul Theroux American travel writer and novelist
The Buddhist monk Tapa Snim I met in Burma in 2007, all of whose earthly possessions he carried in a small bundle slung on one shoulder.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 May 2013 source ↗
Mellody Hobson Co-chief executive and president of Ariel Investments
I really appreciate the fact, and I constantly tell Reverend Jackson and Reverend Sharpton that I appreciate the fact that they're fighting for us, because I am an accident of birth.
Recorded Farai Chideya, News & Notes, Leading Ladies series, NPR, 22 March 2007 source ↗

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