Honesty

Who's your Hero in life, or Heroes?

Deepak Chopra is a Hero of mine, and Shawn Johnson the gymnast.
Also Nadya Suleman the Octomom, and Hello Kitty.

Mrs. Margery Two-Shoes of the College of ABC's, also known as Miss Goody Two Shoes.
And Phoebe Lichten from Phoebe in Wonderland.



Alison Shea is a Hero of mine. AKA Del Harvey.



Also George o'Dowd



And Tim Curry




That's all I can think of for now.
Who is your Heroes!?

Aladdin Sane

Joe Strummer, R.I.P.
We are not quite baby boomers and not quite Generation X'ers. We were born too late to be hippies and too soon for grunge. We are the Blank Generation and Joe Strummer is our hero. God Bless Joe Strummer.

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Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

BadNick

first one that popped into my head is Paul Newman

I admire his achievements and what I know of his priorities in life.

warrrreagl

George Washington. He was regarded by his own contemporaries as the greatest man any of them had ever known, and that's good enough for me.

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Living is easy with eyes closed.

Grasshopper Green

Richard Winters and my grandma.

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"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king"

Formerly Medusa

Baraka_Guru

Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha
Leonardo da Vinci
William Wordsworth
Henry David Thoreau
Henry James
Agnes Macphail
Mahatma Gandhi
Tommy Thompson
Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama
Thích Nhất Hạnh
David Suzuki

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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot

Punk.of.Ages

Darby


Melvin


The Rollins


Jello


I don't like the word hero so much. I don't really hold these folks in a supreme regard, but they all lead/led their lives in a way that I try to emulate to some degree. They're more role models for me than heroes.

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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager

"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

FelixP

My grandpa. He's the hardest, toughest, most compassionate man I'll ever know. We relate to each other in so many ways, from our similar childhoods to our love of the military, and everything in between. His terseness is much appreciated in a world of blogs, psychology, and emo music. I love you, sir.

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Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me

"I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

World's King

I think we have a thread like this somewhere...

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heavy is the head that wears the crown

Punk.of.Ages

Yeah, I got deja vu from this one too...

I'm pretty sure I made about the same post there. Pictures and all.

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"The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion..." - Henry Steel Commager

"Punk rock music is great music played by really bad, drunk musicians." -Fat Mike

Ourcrazymodern?

I think you guys are no longer my heroes. Encouraging Honesty is one of our goals.

My heroes are my offspring, doing so well with a father like me.
& Craig Ferguson.

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BE JUST AND FEAR NOT

Plan9

Hmm, reminds me of a song:

"When we die, where do we go? You tell me that hell is for heroes."

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Whatever you can carry.

"You should not drink... and bake."

telekinetic

Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, founder of the Skunk Works and designer of many of the world's most innovative aircraft, including the U-2 and the SR-71.

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twisted no more

lurkette

This is kind of trite, but my hero is my Grandma. She raised 6 kids with very little income. She got her GED when she was 50. She is incredibly active in her 80s - she can touch her toes (I can't) and gets up early every morning to do calisthenics and work in her garden. She's one of the most generous, kind people I know. And she's independent and stubborn as hell and follows her own mind.

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"If ten million people believe a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing."

- Anatole France

Idyllic

My Mom

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you can tell them all you want but it won't matter until they think it does

p.s. I contradict my contradictions, with or without intention, sometimes.

Honesty

My Hero!

Meditrina

I have always looked up to my dad, but never more so than these last few years. He has such a positive attitude even while fighting lung cancer. He amazes me each day. He refuses to let it get to him and bring him down. He greets each day with a smile.

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"Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles." ~Alex Karras