Who do you look up too?

bombidol · 24-09-2003 2:49pm #1

ive just been thinking a lot lately about who i am and who i generally respect and admire in life. not just celebritys as such but i mean you cant help look up to them. as sometimes you feel like you know them better than you know a lot of people.

I admire people like Bill Hicks for being informed and brave.
Jimi Hendrix for creation of something that spiraled out of control
Kurt Cobain for having the balls to kill himself when everything went wrong.
Batman for wanting to make a difference and being the imput socket for a lot of peoples feelings ( weird one i know)

Imposter · 24-09-2003 2:52pm

I look up to tall people:)

Wook · 24-09-2003 2:55pm

-douglas adams, which i still refer to.

Dr. Loon · 24-09-2003 2:57pm

Originally posted by bombidol

Curt Cobain for having the balls to kill himself when everything went wrong.

That's the stupidest thing I've ever read!!!

Now that I think of it I don't really look up to anyone, not even my brothers or sisters.
I respect alot of people, and what they've done, but I don't aspire to be like them or anything.

Bill Hicks was very very funny, and very very right. I don't think it was bravery. He was just píssed off!

koneko · 24-09-2003 3:00pm

It's Kurt Cobain

woosaysdan · 24-09-2003 3:05pm

i look up to the sky!!! and tall people cos im a small man 5'5"

bombidol · 24-09-2003 3:09pm

Corrected, tired, sorry.

Hicks wasnt just angry he was brave. To perform all over the states in places like the bible belt down south and still use his harshest religion material? thats bravery.
The Kurt thing, is something i wouldnt expect a lot of people to get to be honest. I think that your life is Your life and you can do whatever you like with it. I think He simply had enough of the pain and said "no more" and fixed himself.
im not talking about Aspiring to be like them, because it cant be done, and you would be depriving yourself of your own life if you wanted that anyway. im talking about people you respect for what they have done, people who in someway make you think that perhaps that could work for me too.

oneweb · 24-09-2003 3:25pm

Originally posted by Imposter
I look up to tall people:)

Don't get to do much of that. I look down on nearly everyone (not in the societal sense

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My grandparents (mam's side)
Robin Williams, 'cos he's just brill,
B Gates, whatever about M$, he made some fine decisions some 20 odd years ago thus beginning his snowball of fortune.
People who have overcome serious life challenges.

Dr. Loon · 24-09-2003 3:26pm

So you respect people who commit suicide? Er... alright, you're entitled to your opinion, but I was under the impression that suicide is an act of selfishness. Not a very good trait in a person.

Still. Each to their own.

commuterised · 24-09-2003 3:27pm

Originally posted by Imposter
I look up to tall people:)

damn I was going to post that, except I was going to say, "everyone who's over 5ft 2' "

AL][EN · 24-09-2003 7:05pm

erm lets see

1) people on stilts

2) public speakers (cos there usually standing on podiums)

3) clowns

4) my brother actually, he's taught me a thing or two about life and how to live it (he'd probably kill me if he herd me say it)

5) and quite probably Kate Beckinsale in that black leather gear rar!!!

Seriously tho i dont really look up to anyone its sad really i dont have any role models never had just really drifted through life (i was serious about (4) tho)

Manach · 24-09-2003 7:23pm

May I join the long list of people whose first thought was tall people,

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Other than that, Lech Walensa, The Pope & Alexander Solsynethzn.

Agent7249 · 24-09-2003 7:33pm

My granda, but if it has to be someone popular, cartman from southpark

AL][EN · 24-09-2003 7:40pm

oooo good one Agent7249

either cartman from southpark or Stuie from family guy he's my hero!!

tman · 24-09-2003 7:56pm

my ma. wonderful, wonderful woman:)

tony soprano, he can call a woman a c*nt & get away with it

DeVore · 24-09-2003 7:57pm

My father and mother.

People who do whats needed in tough times.

People who have the moral courage to stand for what they believe in.

If I had to pick one person.... probably Einstein or Turing.

DeV.

TomTom · 24-09-2003 8:02pm

My brother for some reason, i suppose i aspire to be like him.

Silvera · 24-09-2003 8:26pm

Nelson Mandela - the only true "world leader".

AngelofFire · 24-09-2003 9:08pm

My brother. Roy keane. Francesco Totti. Bono. Nelson Mandela. Damien Duff-He went to my school. JRR tolkien.Eminem.

Doodee · 24-09-2003 9:23pm

My Uncle and my Father

Puck · 24-09-2003 9:26pm

We were asked something like this when I was in first year in college in a waste of time... sorry... "class" called Personal Development. We were asked to stand up and write our hero's name on a board and talk about them.

I put up my dad. He worked hard for over 30 years in the same job to provide for his family. He's a loving father and granfather. He showed me how to be strong without intimidating anyone and how to do the right thing. He's always nice to people and I'd say if I was around his age and not his son he'd be my best mate.

As far as I'm concerned he showed me what it means to be a good man and I can't think of anyone I'd rather be like.

firebird · 24-09-2003 9:46pm

Its gotta be my dad - he came from nothing, and is now top of his field... He's amazing at the things he does. He's "failed" (in terms of exams, not meeting goals, whatever) before, but never stays down for a second... And he's a wonderful person - slow to anger, quick to forgive, strong, caring, brilliant... I don't care what anyone says, he's the best

Who do you look up too?

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