"You must show the world that you abhor fighting."
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"Each of us is in fact what he is almost exclusively by virtue of his imitative-ness."
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"I don't want to be a role model. I just want to be someone who says, this is who I am, this is what I do, I say what's on my mind."
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"Dad thanks for leaning in by helping me become a role model for young girls."
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"Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does not care whether others idealize them or not. Everyone needs to see that you not only teach human values but you live them. It is unavoidable sometimes you will be idealized -- it is better for children to have a role model, or goal, because then the worshipful quality in them can dawn."
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"Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me."
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"Emulation admires and strives to imitate great actions; envy is only moved to malice."
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"Be your own source of strength and comfort. Believe that you are in love, happy, and fulfilled because you started by feeling that way about yourself, alone. Then the power of being together is amplified and you will experience the kind of joy that you can't begin to imagine. It starts within you and no one else."
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"Without a positive male role model in your life it is extremely difficult to become a man who benefits his family and benefits society."
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"I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot."
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"Faith Hill is a big role model."
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"It's funny - more people talk about my 'babe-dom' now than they did before I had a child. Whatever. I guess I'm a role model in hot pants now. That's cool!"
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"Obama was the best thing for black nerds everywhere. Finally we had a role model. Before Obama, we basically had Urkel."
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"I am not a role model."
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"I never thought I'd be a role model at this age. I just have to be myself."
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"I certainly think Halle Berry's a wonderful role model. She's a terrific stepmother and has shown that in so many beautiful ways and has made such enormous strides for women culturally and such great successes as an actress and philanthropist."
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"I'm happy people look at me as a role model."
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"My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes."
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"Scientists and engineers ought to stand side by side with athletes and entertainers as role models."
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"I’m not much a role model in terms of hair care, though."
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