“Everyone I'm photographing, I feel like I'm remaking a family, in a way. My brothers and sisters are my heroes. So many of my models resemble them.” WayFeelsBrotherHeroModelsMy BrotherBrothers And SistersMy Hero Author:Ryan McGinley
“This is a tremendous honor (winning the 2002 Roberto Clemente Award), to be considered in the same class as Roberto Clemente. He is a hero and role model for all of us who play the game and strive to be as good a player and person as he was.” PersonsPlayGamesWinningClassRolesPlayerHeroHonorModelsStriveAwardsRole Models Author:Jim Thome
“Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.” StoriesYoungGirlGamesRolesEventsHeroPerceptionModelsFemaleAthleteIndianRole ModelsShiftingOlympic GamesSuccess StoriesSporting EventsFemale Athlete Author:Richard Attias
“Only while they are conforming their actions to the model of some archetypal hero do the Arunta feel that they are truly alive, for in those roles they are immortal. The occasions on which they slip from such molds are quite meaningless, for time immediately devours those occasions and reduces them to nothingness.” FeelsActionRolesAliveHeroModelsOccasionsImmortalMeaninglessSlipsNothingnessConformMold Author:Huston Smith
“We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what a hero could be and what the hero's journey as a human being is all about. But unfortunately, I think sometimes those stories too can be very prohibitive and confining.” ThinkingWorldHumansSometimesStoriesHuman BeingsJourneyHeroModelsCatharsis Author:Chris Pine
“Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.” StatesGivenCommunityPerfectHeroNeededModelsClaimsDareTraumaScalesGenocideAshesReconciliationRisenRwanda Author:Wole Soyinka
“To see cartoon-me positioned (alphabetically) amongst so many of my women heroes and role models ... well, I just broke down and cried. Happy tears. I surely hope that this one-of-a-kind collection of radical American women reaches the hands of all children who want to grow up and become amazing women.” WantWellsKindChildrenHandsGrowsRolesGrowing UpTearsHeroModelsDown AndRadicalBrokeCollectionsRole ModelsCriedCartoonAmerican WomanOne Of A KindAmazing WomanHappy Tears Author:Kate Bornstein
“We become male automatically because of the Y chromosome and the little magic peanut, but if we are to become men we need the helpof other men--we need our fathers to model for us and then to anoint us, we need our buddies to share the coming-of-age rituals with us and to let us join the team of men, and we need myths of heroes to inspire us and to show us the way.” IfsMenWayNeedsLittlesShowsAgeFatherMagicTeamShareInspireHeroModelsMalesMythComing Of AgeRitualOur FatherBuddyPeanutsChromosomes Author:Frank Pittman
“I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays. I wanted to be like them on the field, and I am so damn proud to join them in the Hall of Fame.” WayWantedRolesFieldsProudHeroFameModelsDamnHallsRole ModelsHall Of FameGreat Role Models Author:Allan Ray
“My parents were my heroes and my role models. So I thought long and hard over decisions that I would make because I never wanted to disappoint them and break their hearts.” HeartLongHardWantedParentDecisionRolesBreakHeroModelsRole ModelsDisappointMy Hero Author:Dick Vitale
“When I was young, I saw a lot of martial arts films with Jet Li, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee. I loved them. They are my heroes but, I'm so powerful, I'm so faster. I'm so young and so handsome like a model. I really loved them so they are my role models.” ArtFilmYoungPowerfulRolesSawsHeroModelsFasterMartial ArtsRole ModelsHandsomeJetMy HeroJackieArt Films Author:Rain
“Hitler's historical hero had always been Frederick the Great. [Later], under Goebbels' prompting ... Napoleon emerged ... as his model. .... Frederick the Great was a man who knew when to stop [and] Napoleon did not.” MenHeroModelsHistoricalGoebbels Author:Ernst Hanfstaengl
“In india, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness.” GivingHardRolesHeroGiving UpModelsBeatsIndiaIncludingRole ModelsSelflessnessCountrymen Author:Amit Bhatia
“The elections are run by the same guys who sell toothpaste. They show you an image of a sports hero, or a sexy model, or a car going up a sheer cliff or something, which has nothing to do with the commodity, but it's intended to delude you into picking this one rather than another one.” ShowsRunningGuySportsCarHeroModelsElectionSellsSexySheerCommodityCliffsToothpasteSports Hero Author:Noam Chomsky
“It's hard for me to believe sometimes that my three kids never met my dad. Because one of the things - one of the real blessings to me is that while my dad left this Earth when I was in my 20s, he's just as much a part of, of my life now than he was then, in terms of I often think of my dad. I think of what my dad might do in a certain situation. And so he continues to be, you know, my hero, my role model.” ThinkingKnowsBelieveRealSometimesHardMightKidsEarthCertainThreeLeftTermSituationRolesHeroDadMetsBlessingModelsMy DadRole ModelsBe YouMy Hero Author:Mike Pence
“When writing, I model all the heroes after myself. Of course, it's hard to make them quite as wonderful as I am, but I come as close as I can.” WritingI CanHardCoursesWonderfulHeroModels Author:Stan Lee
“I mean there's still also an element of the audience looking for role models. In my day, when I started, if you were an action hero, you were a little bit of a role model like the person.” IfsMeanLittlesPersonsStillsActionBitsRolesAudienceHeroElementsLittle BitModelsRole ModelsAction Heroes Author:Dolph Lundgren
“My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.” RolesHeroModelsLifetimeQueensRole ModelsMercuryGangnam Style Author:PSY
“I never appreciated 'positive heroes' in literature. They are almost always cliches, copies of copies, until the model is exhausted. I prefer perplexity, doubt, uncertainty, not just because it provides a more 'productive' literary raw material, but because that is the way we humans really are.” WayWritingHumansLiteratureDoubtPositiveMaterialsHeroModelsUncertaintyProductiveCopiesExhaustedAppreciatedClicheRaw MaterialsPerplexity Author:Jose Saramago
“Freedom was my first great desire. The second, which remains hidden within me to this day, tormenting me, was the desire for sanctity. Hero together with saint: such is mankind's supreme model.” FirstsTogetherDesireMankindHeroModelsRemainsSaintSupremeThis DaySanctity Book:Report to Greco Source: Report to Greco