Prince Ea
Activist, Filmmaker, Musician
"Our role models today 60 years ago would have been examples of what not to be"
Role Models quotes
Role Models
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Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist
"People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples' lives."
Jeremy Lin
Professional Basketball Player
"I want to be a representative and be a role model for the Asian American community."
Meryl Streep
Actress, Producer
"I think the best role models for women are people who are fruitfully and confidently themselves, who bring light into the world."
Lee Haney
Bodybuilder
"Parents must lead by example. Don't use the cliche; do as I say and not as I do. We are our children's first and most important role models."
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"Whatever good I have accomplished as an actress I believe came in direct proportion to my efforts to portray black women who have made positive contributions to my heritage."
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"I don't see myself as a role model; people should look to mothers and sisters as role models."
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"And to this day, my Mom is my role model."
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"I like looking feminine and I enjoy being a role model. I enjoy being a woman. It all comes down to having the confidence to be who you are."
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"Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes."
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"Black men who have succeeded have an obligation to serve as role models for young men entrapped by a vicious cycle of poverty, despair, and hopelessness."
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"Find someone who has a life that you want and figure out how they got it. Read books, pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it."
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"There is no greater pillar of stability than a strong, free and educated woman, and there is no more inspiring role model than a man who respects and cherishes women and champions their leadership."
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"Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important."
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"Growing up I didn't have curvy role models, mainly because I didn't see enough curvy women represented in major ads."
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"The hustlers on the corner were my role models."
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"I make many mistakes. Many mistakes. I'm not a perfect human being. I have to learn from my mistakes. And a lot of the ones I've made have been public. So I always get nervous when people speak about something that sounds like a role model, because I don't know if I've been a great role model myself."
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"I never thought a role model should be negative."
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"Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality, whose example you determine to follow, in private as well as in public."
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"What I need is someone who will make me do what I can."
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"I am not interested in being a role model, or in fulfilling the expectations of others. I know I am of most use to others and to myself by being this unique self: Nature, I have noticed, is not particularly devoted to copies, and human beings needn't be either."
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"My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'"
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"Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it."
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"I don't think of myself as a role model. I do try to live in a compassionate, considerate and positive way. The only advice I can offer is to find what you love to do, find the joy in it, and express yourself through your passion."
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"We have to have positive male role models."
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