idols

mentalimplosion

just wondering - who are yours? i don't mean like your mam or your dad, or your creepy english teacher, but more like famous people or people in the public eye

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Gen. Michael Collins, Commander-In-Chief of National Forces
Comdt. Jim Moran, 4th Western Division, I.R.A.

Gen. Collins because of what he did for Irish independence and how he set the standard for all Officers of Óglaigh na hÉireann. Comdt. Moran because he died in active service for the I.R.A. on the 7th March, 1923 - today 82 years ago - yet secured the safety of his troops in exchange for his life.


Other people... Andrew Wiles for his work on Fermat's Last Theorem and being about the only mathematician to have brought maths to the worlds' front pages in as long as I've known. Bertie Ahern, T.D., because I believe he's one of the finest leaders our country has seen.

Keith Wood because he was a brilliant rugby player and the finest captain the Irish rugby team has ever seen. Peter Schemichael because he was the best goalkeeper to ever grace a football pitch.

Can't really think of any more for now...

StupidLikeAFox

I really admire Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy. Not sure why, just seems really interesting or something.

I admire a lot of people though, not to the stage of worship or i wouldnt build my life around them or anything but still

Plunky

It's gotta be Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows fame...

It wasn't me!

I have infinite respect for anyone who goes in the face of doubt and adversity to acheive their goals and who works to do so. The problem is though that they never get the credit they deserve.

Crash

Hrmmm....ok idols....dont really have any.

People who i admire?

Jeff Buckley - because i think that he managed to put a lot more of himself than most musicians manage both into lyrics and every other part of his music. because to be able to work through a musical career with the shadow he felt of his father on his back can't have been easy - "they'll say i stole my music from my father, but i say, the only thing i ever stole from him was a fleeting glance" (paraphrased, but an amazing quote)

John Forbes Nash Jnr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_nash) would be another - that ability to work through your own mind to achieve what you want i find very admirable (read up on him, quite interesting)

Richard Buckminster Fuller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fuller) - who "In 1927 at the age of 32, bankrupt and jobless, living in inferior housing in Chicago, he saw his beloved young daughter Alexandra die of pneumonia in winter. He felt responsible, and this drove him to drink and the verge of suicide. At the last moment he decided instead to embark on "an experiment, to find what a single individual can contribute to changing the world and benefiting all humanity."" - and if you visit the link you can see just what he accomplished in his life.

Guess i have slightly morbid idols huh? theres something in my head that says so many people have gone through a baptism of fire and come out the other side ok that i can manage it too

Humblebee

It sounds weird, but Dr. Kevorkian. He's a compassionate person, willing to put his a$$ on the line for what he believes in. He does seem a tiny but nuts, but what doctor isn't?

Jim_Are_Great

Jack Black. Seriously. Legend.

Anthony Keidis and Dalí and Gandhi too. And Marx. Karl, that is.

Wow, imagine getting those guys in the same room for tea...

LiamD

Yoji Biomehiniaka - Brilliant producer of excellent dance music

W.M. Bird - Founder of Funderland years ago

*adele*

Charlize theron

Piste

Freddie Mercury- Even when AIDS was rampant in the 80s he still persisted in slutting it up- not somethnig to be admired for I know but he put his own enjoyment first and lived life to the full, died too young though. Even when he was very sick he managed to pour so much emotion into his songs.

Tim Curry- He looks great in suspenders.

elephamt king

Keith Moon - He's a God, couldnt be killed by conventional methods, until he died.

every member of the Pixies - theyre crazy

Billy Corgan - Genius

Scarinae

ColHol wrote:

I really admire Neil Hannon from the Divine Comedy. Not sure why, just seems really interesting or something.

Haha he's my cousin you know. He's real nice, but real short - I'm actually taller than him!!

Bazookatone

Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn in LOTR). Not only is he an actor, but a published poet, artist and photographer. He is also an incredably dedicated man, insisting on using the real (and heavy) steel sword for as many scenes as he could in the films, not opying for a lighter, easier to weild, stunt sword. He also got a tooth chipped during the filming of the battle of helm's deep, and asked them to superglue it in rather than postpone filming (but they insisted on bringing him to the dentist). I think that he is a consumate professional, and not some histrionic primmadonna, so I admire him.

Plunky

I admire Jack, too, cause he's got THE most active libido I have ever met (yes, it is a separate entity)

StupidLikeAFox

Fishie wrote:

Haha he's my cousin you know. He's real nice, but real short - I'm actually taller than him!!

Wow, you should be privileged! he a genius, comes across that way anyhow. Tell him i said hi (he wont know me but still)

Raphael

Dante Aligheri
Douglas Adams

Anyone who has ever followed their dreams, no matter what the obstacles in their path

mentalimplosion

wow, i thought this might happen. guys seem to take their idols waaay more seriously than girls do.
mine would have to be (no laughing down the back there)

martha stewart. yes, i have respect for her, other than the whole insider trading-ness. i mean in regards to her being such a great homemaker.

kathleen hanna and ani difranco
twiggy
vivienne westwood.

i think, without them, i wouldn't have as strong a sense of myself

It wasn't me!

Twiggy? Ex-Manson bassist? I admire him solely for the fact that he has a pet Hare Krishna.

Matthewthebig

I think she was refering to the model!

My idol would be Glenn Danzig. I think. He is just an amazing musician in all aspects. Reinventing himself a few times.

Aoibheann

Idols? woah, that's pretty damn tough. Yeah, I guess there's a lot of people I admire, but way too many to list them all. Maybe not what I'd call 'idols' as such though..



Gregor(Johann) Mendel..(yes, I'm serious)...'father of genetics'...would we have so much knowledge if he hadnt made those early discoveries?

Marie Curie...by the discovery of radium, her work essentially paved the way for cancer treatment and nuclear physics...she dealt with racism and sexism throughout her time in France, but look at all she achieved...she stuck to her goals despite everything.

Anyone that's worked to help others like Mother Teresa did, people who have dedicated their lives to attempt to achieve peace in various areas of the world.

Artists, musicians, poets. They all add something to our lives. They've maybe made us smile, made us truly appreciate the world for what it is and what it has given us.

My friends. They're all fantastic(you guys rock!).

I have nothing but admiration for any of these people as they've all made the world a better place to live in for one reason or another. I hope some day I'll be able to say I've done the same.


That's all I can think of right now.

Fabulo

Sir Ian McKellen. As most people who know anything about me know. He's amazing. I have no words to express how amazing he is, so here's this space where you can all contemplate on his greatness:











Ok, no space could ever be enough for that much contemplation, I realise. But still.

http://www.mckellen.com/images/1429.jpg

I mean, look how good he looks!

JenLorigan

His website mis-spelt his name?

Fabulo

Heh, I edited it, so now you look stupid. I hadn't noticed that, I just copied the link... But apparently both the mispelling and the actual spelling link to his site... Presumably enough people mispell it, heh.

rainbow kirby

Shigeru Miyamoto
General Choi Hong Hi
and others I can't think of offhand.

pinkpimp

Commandment 1:
"I am your God, you shalt not have false idols befor me."

Thats a direct quote, right there.

nosmo

Jello Biafra
Allen Ginsberg
Ron Jeremy
Steve Wozniak
amidst others.

Plunky

pinkpimp wrote:

Commandment 1:
"I am your God, you shalt not have false idols befor me."

Thats a direct quote, right there.

Interesting Idea...
*meanders off to ponder it as procrastination for his essay which is due in, oh, all of 16 hours...*

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pinkpimp wrote:

Commandment 1:
"I am your God, you shalt not have false idols befor me."

Thats a direct quote, right there.

Actually, all three currently accepted versions of the Bible use the word gods:

King James Version
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

New American Standard Version
3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

New International Version
3 "You shall have no other gods before me.

And no, the 3 does not refer to which number the Commandment is... it refers to the line of Exodus 20 that it is to be found on. The Ten Commandments are to be found in Exodus 20: 1-17

So, um, that's not a direct quote. Don't believe me? Go and look in your Bible.

StupidLikeAFox

wow, you really showed him

Matthewthebig

Bit mean Bob

Barry Aldwell

Not mean enough, Bob. Needs more mocking and/or condescending

HeyYou

Jimmy Page, guitarist with Led Zeppelin amonst other things. 'Nuff said.

Also John Irving, author of "The World According To Garp", "A Prayer For Owen Meany" and "The Cider House Rules". 'Nuff said.

pinkpimp

Actually, I did know that. I just like saying thats a direct quote.
Ps. That was a bit harsh, in fairness... well, in my opinion.

Dermo

HeyYou wrote:

"A Prayer For Owen Meany"

listen to "goodbye sky harbor" by jimmy eat world....that is all

oq4v3ht0u76kf2

Didn't mean it harshly, but the one place I frequent where Catholics are in the minority is CTYI / the CTYI board - so I couldn't resist. The truth is just that, the truth. Not meant to hurt anyone or offend, but sometimes it does. Also, "quoting" incorrectly - also known as lying - just isn't cool man.

doonothing

that einstein chap made some nifty discoveries, and marx and john gray be cool...
not really idols, they just have me respectos

nick cave and tom waits and nick drake, absolute masters of emotion through music, now they would be closer to idols...

Crash

quoting incorrectly != lying IF you add the line "paraphased".

If in doubt, paraphrase - best advice i can ever give someone for college.

Chowburger

Let's see...
Kim Deal because she's totally off her head, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart because [strike]I like his name[/strike] he was a genius, aaaaand Oscar Wilde 'cause he said all that weird junk and wrote some madly cool stuff.

elephamt king

Chowburger wrote:

Let's see...
Kim Deal because she's totally off her head.

and she is also god her basslines are sooo simple yet sooooooooo perfect.
john murphy is an idiot for letting her go.

snuffles

Kim Deal does kick incredible amounts of ass.

As for idols, I'm also going to have to say Lewis Carroll and Roger Zelazny, because they're the two authors who have most influenced my own writing style and of late, Chuck Palahniuk, because Fight Club is taking over my life.

I've always really admired Martin Luther King as well.

There are plenty of artists, musicians and actors I look up to as well, but yeah...too many to list.

Undergod

Most of the people I respect would probably discourage the idea of being an 'idol', and encourage self-expression and thought and stuff. I don't really want to be any of them, but I have a lot of respect for:

Jello Biafra for political reasons as well as music
Grant Morrison - comic author
Bruce Lee
Neal Stephenson
William Gibson
Newton (a very odd man)

I also have a lot of respect for many, many composers and musicians.

It wasn't me!

Undergod wrote:

Jello Biafra for political reasons as well as music

I think we both know what you mean by that...

Undergod

It wasn't me! wrote:

I think we both know what you mean by that...

Nazi Punks
Nazi Punks
Nazi Punks
F*CK OFF!

It wasn't me!

I was referring to the whole mayor of Sna Francisco incident but that's cool too.

Matthewthebig

Whats that?

It wasn't me!

Biafra ran for Mayor of San Francisco in, methinks, 1978. He came something like sixth, and one of his campaign pledges was that all businessmen would be made wear clown suits. Now that's a reason to idolise him!

Undergod

The campagin slogan: 'There's always room for Jello'.

He did actually have a serious campaign agenda, I think legalization of squatting in buildings left vacant for tax purposes was part of it. He came fourth, as I remember. Check out his biography on wikipedia.