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Which living person do you admire?
At a dinner party, I asked the question for fun. It led eventually to an intriguing list of names.
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For reasons unclear I recently interrupted a conversation at a dinner party at my home with an unplanned question. My guests seemed adequately absorbed with the chilli chicken, but it was my house and thus my random rules.
Who do you admire, I asked?

