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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."
"My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'"
"Pick your role models wisely, find out what they did and do it."
"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."
"We have to have positive male role models."
"I’m a role model for those who dare to be different. For those who dare to take a stand in their life and have an opinion"
"I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him."
"Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth."
"Just because you've been successful and just because you've disrupted an environment, doesn't mean you're a role model or that you actually have anything to teach anybody. There's an awful lot of luck and accident in the world, and maybe you were just on the receiving end of that."
"I love having fans of all ages but it's especially cool for me to have young fans. I hope to be a role model for kids who want to follow their dreams."
"It's funny: when people always talk about the importance of role models, I used to think that was so exaggerated, but as I get older, I start to realize I don't feel that way so much anymore. If you see somebody like you who's doing something, an older version of what you are, it does make you feel like it's more possible."
"The world needs role models, instead of critics."
"I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids."
"Dogs are my favorite role models. I want to work like a dog, doing what I was born to do with joy and purpose. I want to play like a dog, with total, jolly abandon. I want to love like a dog, with unabashed devotion and complete lack of concern about what people do for a living, how much money they have, or how much they weigh. The fact that we still live with dogs, even when we don't have to herd or hunt our dinner, gives me hope for humans and canines alike."
"I also feel I'm a positive role model by not putting my education on hold."
"One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models"
"I discovered ... that a novel has nothing to do with words in the first instance. Writing a novel is a cosmological matter, like the story told by Genesis (we all have to choose our role models, as Woody Allen puts it)."
"I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school."
"We surround ourselves with what is better or see other people as role models. You go, "If they can do this, so can I." That starts to trigger people, as well."
"Be a role model not a critic. Don't tell your children, your peers, or your subordinates what to do - show them. And when the lesson is over, keep showing them by demonstrating that your actions are part of your character, not part of their curriculum."
