Who is your hero/role model and why?
My personal role model is Tommy Douglas. More information about this man can be found here: http://www.tommydouglas.ca/?page_id=21 He was named the Greatest Canadian in a CBC poll!
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Jane Austen- that woman didn't settle for less and even though she never married, she end up doing what she loved: writing, and now is one of history's greatest female authors Anne Boleyn-she changed an entire nation with her intelligence, beauty, and wit. Because of her, England became a Protestant nation, and because of this, I was able to become one too (I'm Indian...the British influenced Christianity when they took over). Emily Bronte-with one novel, she changed my life. She inspired me to write without fear and for myself and to use my life within my writing. Plus, Wuthering Heights is the most disturbing, thought-provoking and gorgeous novel ever written, in my opinion of course. :]
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Hawk Littlejohn - great teacher, medicine man, representative of Cherokee people, kind gentle and loving man ho made and played a great flute....
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Ben Franklin. He was an inventor, politician, witty writer, quite a drinker and a womanizer. Impressive!
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Tommy Douglas is one of my biggest heroes, too, but for the sake of originality, another one of mine is Kurt Vonnegut. Mainly so because of his ability to recognize the fundamental absurdity of life but show why that bittersweet enterprise is still worth engaging in, all the while making you laugh a little at the darkness.
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Walt Disney. His imagination wsa amazing--I love his ideas, his vision and even though there are some creepy things about the whole "Disney" cult--I just think he took something that brought him joy and gave it to the world.
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There are a lot of people that I think have done awesome things, but none of them are my "role model". People are just people even if they do cool stuff. I don't feel I need a role model.
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Sacagawea Fredrick Douglas Bobby Kennedy Einstein Ghandi Dharmaji Ideals seem much more relevant with faces and stories attached to them.
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Among others, I'm pretty proud of Matthew Shepard's family, particularly his parents Judy and Dennis. They are truly a case of people turning a personal tragedy into a cause that effects many people. http://www.matthewshepard.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Our_Story_Main_Page" target="_blank">http://www.matthewshepard.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Our_Story_Main_Page
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Martin Luther King Jr. Had so many reasons to hate but always looked to peace as the answer.
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Eric Morecambe - I've read so many books on him because I still cannot believe he was a real person. Paul Merton - He's just super funny and ace. I want to be just like him. Stephen Fry - He's so smart! the human Google. Seems so nice and down to Earth too. I want him to be my best friend!
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JK Rowling. Might be a little cheesy, but I don't care. She has an amazing imagination that knows no bounds. She revitalized the reading community. I love her!
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There's no one person who's got everything. It would be an amalgam of: my father, Kurt Vonnegut, James Taylor, Carl Sagan, Miles Davis, Django Reinhardt, Nikos Kazantzakis, Lucien Freud, etc. etc.
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My wife, Rustie. The best person I've ever known. My brother, Kevin. Taught me everything about leadership and integrity. Bob Dylan. His songs are a diary of what it is to be human. Arthur Saxon. Late 18 & early 1900's weightlifter/professional strongman. Taught me to look for answers in the past. The Grateful Dead. It may be cheesy, but they taught me at least as much, if not more, about my personal morality than any religion/institution.
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Mona Mahmudnizhad Yadu'llah Mahmudnizhad Zarrin Muqimi Simin Sabiri Jamshid and Tahirih Siyavushi Inayat and Izzat Ishraqi Roya Ishraqi Nusrat Yalda'i Shirin Dalvand Mahshid Nirumand Akhtar Sabet They were prisoners in Iran. Arrested for nothing more than that they were Baha'i. They were asked to simply recant thier faith, simply say that they are no longer Baha'i and they would be set free. If they insisted on being Baha'i they would be executed. They stood steadfast in thier faith. On June 19, 1983 they were executed for nothing more than believing in the Baha'i Faith. They were but a few of hundreds that met that same fate for being Baha'i. I pray that I will have the strength of character to be steadfast, even if it means my very life.
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