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"It's not that I have compromised or anything, but it's always been important to me to take good care of myself and be a good example. I'm not much a role model in terms of hair care, though."
"All of my role models, whether it was the disciples, or John the Baptist or Arthur Rimbaud, slept under the stars."
"When people call me a role model it puts the fear of god into me, because I feel like I'm destined to fail."
"I will be a role model for cancer patients for the rest of my life. But you know what? When I was getting chemo, those people inspired me."
"I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship."
"I understand that I'm a role model."
"Our children need to see and hear about more black role models in many fields so they can make better choices."
"It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen."
"I am a person of faith, so I come from a community that's involved in 360,000 churches across the country, that is an institution that could, in a relatively short period of time, provide hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of positive male role models."
"I never have compared myself to Jessica Tandy in any way, and that's such a great role model for me to look at. I'm seriously going to put pictures of her in my dressing room and commune with her from now on, I think."
"I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays. I wanted to be like them on the field, and I am so damn proud to join them in the Hall of Fame."
"I think gender inequality is a problem that goes back a long, long time. In human society, as a whole, women have tended to have a kind of inferior position - very often combined with playing up women as great role [models]."
"I didn't have a role model when I was younger."
"It feels great to be a role model and I'm very careful with the things I do. I'm not perfect, I do make a lot of mistakes, but I try my best."
"Simply be the qualities you seek in others."
"There's room for role models who make mistakes."
"Find a great role model, perhaps someone who struggled and only really succeeded when older. Their biography and what they've done differently from you will help you. If such a person is willing to mentor you or at least allow you to work around them, great."
"Honestly, I didn't know I was a role model."
"How can I be a man if there is no role model?"
"I find it so important now to be a role model and a figure. And I know that may sound strange to some people, but most important is my connection with my fans and the connection that they breed with one another."
