Someone who inspires you or that you admire for what they represent, both in terms of their professional life and e.g. political activism or personal life? If so, who is it?
Not since Ted Koppel retired.
Obama and Romney
I'm undecided between Van Rompuy and Barroso, those men are truly titans of our time and will save Europe.
In answer to your question though........no I don't.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on December 06, 2012, 03:33:03 AM
Not since Ted Koppel retired.
And since Mike Wallace died, Jim Miklaszewski is the only man of integrity in media left.
I have been having the same one for at least the last 10 years or so.
BRIT HUME
Hillary Clinton.
I don't know that I idolize her, but I do think of her as a modern heroine. I admire and respect her for how she's handled her career and her life choices. They may not have been the same choices that I would have made, but she owned them. You have to respect that.
From the land of the dead: Ann Landers and Eleanor Roosevelt
Lindsay Lohan
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2012, 10:27:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:14:10 AM
BRIT HUME
:XD: Oh, you were serious.
:D I just watched an American Dad episode the other day where Stan's wife, trying to prove a point, asked him if he liked Brit Hume. Stand replied, "You know damned well I like Brit Hume!" Just had that stuck in my head.
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
Fuck you, derspiess. :P
Anyway, for me it's *shock horror* Sir Ian McKellen.
There we go :lol:
Yeah there are alot of celebrities I respect and admire but none that I specifically idolize or consider my "favorite" or anything.
I mean besides RG3 :P
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:37:02 AM
Quote from: Razgovory on December 06, 2012, 10:27:31 AM
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:14:10 AM
BRIT HUME
:XD: Oh, you were serious.
:D I just watched an American Dad episode the other day where Stan's wife, trying to prove a point, asked him if he liked Brit Hume. Stand replied, "You know damned well I like Brit Hume!" Just had that stuck in my head.
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
:face:
I don't idolize people. Respect, maybe.
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:37:02 AM
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
:lol:
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:37:02 AM
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
:lol: Saw that one coming like the sunrise.
Terrance Malick, Umberto Eco, Paul Thomas Anderson and Jay Z.
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:37:02 AM
:D I just watched an American Dad episode the other day where Stan's wife, trying to prove a point, asked him if he liked Brit Hume. Stand replied, "You know damned well I like Brit Hume!" Just had that stuck in my head.
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
I don't know who Brit Hume is, but your description of Marti's post is astute :)
Quote from: Jacob on December 06, 2012, 12:31:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 10:37:02 AM
:D I just watched an American Dad episode the other day where Stan's wife, trying to prove a point, asked him if he liked Brit Hume. Stand replied, "You know damned well I like Brit Hume!" Just had that stuck in my head.
Anyway, there are some public figures I admire, but I can't think of anyone, at least not anyone living, whom I idolize to the extent Marti seems to indicate in his "Oh please oh please ask me who mine is" fishing post.
I don't know who Brit Hume is, but your description of Marti's post is astute :)
He's kind of a bland Fox News anchor.
Preston Manning and Teemu Selanne. :worthy:
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 12:38:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 06, 2012, 10:47:59 AM
I mean besides RG3 :P
Enjoy him while he lasts.
I am sure the 16 years of his career will seem to fly by way too quickly :(
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 12:38:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 06, 2012, 10:47:59 AM
I mean besides RG3 :P
Enjoy him while he lasts.
No shit. Keeps playing the way he is, I give him 5 seasons before he's tossed onto the pile of perpetually injured QBs, with Vick and McNair.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 06, 2012, 01:31:30 PM
No shit. Keeps playing the way he is, I give him 5 seasons before he's tossed onto the pile of perpetually injured QBs, with Vick and McNair.
Ok if we are going to have a serious football discussion lets take it to the NFL thread. That was just a joke on my part.
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None that I'm aware of.
No favourites, certainly not any entertainer/celebrity.
In politics,none, save for a lot of respect for gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell.
Nate Silver.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on December 06, 2012, 01:31:30 PM
Quote from: derspiess on December 06, 2012, 12:38:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on December 06, 2012, 10:47:59 AM
I mean besides RG3 :P
Enjoy him while he lasts.
No shit. Keeps playing the way he is, I give him 5 seasons before he's tossed onto the pile of perpetually injured QBs, with Vick and McNair.
Of course that the same logic was used by Dallas when they traded Steve Nash - no way can he keep up that kind of play style - only to see him go on to win back to back MVPs and continue to play long after most of the people they kept retired.
Different sorts of things for different professions/celebrities.
I respect Peter Tatchell a lot. He's a hard-left gay and human rights activists who has, amongst other things, twice been beaten up while trying to perform a citizens arrest on Robert Mugabe for crimes against humanity and once been beaten up by Russian police for trying to lead a gay pride march in Moscow.
He is, generally, very committed to his causes and even when I disagree I have to respect him and I like his confrontational style.
I like Evan Davies a lot. He's a very good interviewer on the BBC but seems less interested in the theatrics and self-aggrandising of, say, Paxman and Humphreys. He's probably the friendliest and deadliest of the lot.
Salman Rushdie. I wish Iris Murdoch was alive so I could admire her :(
I love Mark Rylance for being first artistic director of the Globe and helping establish it and make it credible. I love him more than any other actor I've ever seen perform. But I kind of hate that he legitimises the 'Shakespeare didn't write the plays' nonsense :bleeding:
Quote from: crazy canuck on December 06, 2012, 02:38:44 PM
Of course that the same logic was used by Dallas when they traded Steve Nash - no way can he keep up that kind of play style - only to see him go on to win back to back MVPs and continue to play long after most of the people they kept retired.
How many times did Steve Nash get laid out by a 250lb. linebacker?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP5dbvar6Do
I find Al Stewart to be a very beautiful person.
After great lamenting and soul searching....I must confess my fav public figure to be
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B6bnUVbUWw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSvuwzE6NX0
A favourite celebrity and a person I admire/respect would be different people..
I'd like Stephen Fry to be my GBF (sorry Mart). Not only is he witty and interesting in his own right, he has done a lot to reintroduce more intelligent programming to television after years of dumbing down.
Quote from: Brazen on December 07, 2012, 05:00:07 AM
I'd like Stephen Fry to be my GBF (sorry Mart). Not only is he witty and interesting in his own right, he has done a lot to reintroduce more intelligent programming to television after years of dumbing down.
Gross Big Friend?
Quote from: Brazen on December 07, 2012, 05:00:07 AM
I'd like Stephen Fry to be my GBF (sorry Mart). Not only is he witty and interesting in his own right, he has done a lot to reintroduce more intelligent programming to television after years of dumbing down.
I hear his voice probably every day. My 1-year old is seriously into Pocoyo.
Quote from: Brazen on December 07, 2012, 05:00:07 AM
I'd like Stephen Fry to be my GBF (sorry Mart).
Sorry he is already serving that role for Hugh Laurie. Only so much Fry to go around.
Along the lines of Stephen Fry: Mark Gatiss :wub:
None I can think of.
Quote from: Valmy on December 07, 2012, 12:01:29 PM
Quote from: Brazen on December 07, 2012, 05:00:07 AM
I'd like Stephen Fry to be my GBF (sorry Mart).
Sorry he is already serving that role for Hugh Laurie. Only so much Fry to go around.
I don't know; he's a bit heavy-set.
I don't know if he has regained or anything, but I do recall he'd lost quite a bit of weight.
Richard Dawkins
For the record, Stephen Fry and Peter Tatchell would be high of my list once Sir Ian croaks. (*shock horror surprise*)
Peter North.
Ai Wei Wei.
Quote from: citizen k on December 11, 2012, 10:43:13 PM
Ai Wei Wei.
Ah, the Chinese dissident artist who sounds like a Jewish exclamation of exasperation.
No.