Who do you most admire?

Graham F · 07-07-2004, 20:27

If you have to choose one person who you admire for what they have done/what they stand for or for whatever reason, who would you choose?

It can be a person who is dead or it can be someone who is still alive, please give valid reasons as to why though to make it more intresting!

For me it has to be Winston Churchill - Purely for how he pulled this country through the second world war to make it the place it is today

downquark1 · 07-07-2004, 20:27

Stephen Hawking, because he is living proof that people can become successfull despite adversity. He is also proof that although some people may look funny, they may well be smarter than you, so don't judge by appearances.

TheBlueRaja · 07-07-2004, 20:28

Fook me - i was about to say the same thing.

Geeks the lot of us.

Graham F · 07-07-2004, 20:31

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Stephen Hawking.

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please give valid reasons as to why though to make it more intresting!

Bifta · 07-07-2004, 20:31

John Hume, for the work he did for civil rights in Derry.

Bex · 07-07-2004, 20:33

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Originally Posted by theblueraja

<snip>Geeks the lot of us.

talk for yourself

i admire a lot of people... from my personal life, my aunt for putting up with so much but still smiling, my dad for getting on with his life, my fella for his attitude towards life and not letting much get to him....

famous people: aristole and Plato for having amazing minds and coming up with some interesting theories, some were beyond their times

**Maggy J** · 07-07-2004, 20:33

Mother Theresa and if you think I need to give a reason for that choice then I think you are very foolish.

TheBlueRaja · 07-07-2004, 20:41

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Originally Posted by downquark1

Stephen Hawking, because he is living proof that people can become successfull despite adversity. He is also proof that although some people may look funny, they may well be smarter than you, so don't judge by appearances.

Roughly sums it up.

Not to mention what he has done and continues to do for modern science despite his disabilities.

07-07-2004, 20:41

Leonardo da Vinci

I don't think any one man, since, has managed to contribute so much to Art & Science, as he did. He was talented enough to have been famous for his work in either field, but both at once, was extraordinary.

casting an eye at the 'time travel' thread, it has been speculated that Leonardo was a time traveller, who was unable to put some of his more advanced 'inventions' into practical use, due to limitations of materials & technology in that era.... - dunno, myself, but he was one clever bloke

Ramrod · 07-07-2004, 20:45

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Originally Posted by Scooby

If you have to choose one person who you admire for what they have done/what they stand for or for whatever reason, who would you choose?

It can be a person who is dead or it can be someone who is still alive, please give valid reasons as to why though to make it more intresting!

For me it has to be Winston Churchill - Purely for how he pulled this country through the second world war to make it the place it is today

in addition he sent thousands back to certain death in the USSR....with full knowledge of what would happen to them. Sorry, I just have a very different view of him.

Ramrod · 07-07-2004, 20:48

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Mother Theresa and if you think I need to give a reason for that choice then I think you are very foolish.

I love the way that when she visited Beirut there was a spontaneous ceasfire for the duration of her visit

**Maggy J** · 07-07-2004, 20:49

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Originally Posted by homealone

Leonardo da Vinci

I don't think any one man, since, has managed to contribute so much to Art & Science, as he did. He was talented enough to have been famous for his work in either field, but both at once, was extraordinary.

casting an eye at the 'time travel' thread, it has been speculated that Leonardo was a time traveller, who was unable to put some of his more advanced 'inventions' into practical use, due to limitations of materials & technology in that era.... - dunno, myself, but he was one clever bloke

Yes he was a genius but sadly so much of his 'controversial' work has been lost or destroyed because of stupidity and religious zeal.

He was also inclined to be jack of all trades master of none.If only he had paid more attention to preserving his paintings especially those done on plaster and some of his oils....So much has been lost.

07-07-2004, 20:55

Most of all, it has to be my Mum. She has gone from being a cleaner to a nurse, then a Sister and now specialised Lymphodemia Nurse in 10 years. Her Job is now part sponsered by the Macmillians (which is always what she wanted) whilst raising 3 children. She is also running the great northern run this year, and most of all cause she loves me.

**Maggy J** · 07-07-2004, 20:57

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Most of all, it has to be my Mum. She has gone from being a cleaner to a nurse, then a Sister and now specialised Lymphodemia Nurse in 10 years. Her Job is now part sponsered by the Macmillians (which is always what she wanted) whilst raising 3 children. She is also running the great northern run this year, and most of all cause she loves me.

All very good reasons.Well done col d.

Ramrod · 07-07-2004, 21:01

No one choosing Tony Blair then?