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Character In History Who Made An Impact To You

Posted by celticmusicfan • 8/21/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: famous people, history, individuals

A character in fiction draws the story and is the same reason why you have to stick around in order to see what the end turns out. In real life, there are people who made or continue to make an impact as to the choices we make in life and why we do what we are doing now. Name a person(s) is/are responsible in doing this.

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8/21/09

amybyrd21

Nancy Drew- my love of murder mysteries and solving crime dramas.
The mouse from the movie Rattitoule I love his any one can cook attitude
and in all seriousness Helen Keller for getting over her obsticals in life. I have worked with the physically challenged for a while and love it.

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8/21/09

celticmusicfan

I would credit Allen Ginsberg as one of the reasons why I am blogging. he led a very colorful life and turned everything upside down. Gandhi was also influential.

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8/22/09

cindygeenotes

My character in fiction is Huckleberry Finn. He ran away from small town life, and escaped down the Mississippi River on a raft with his friend Jim , a runaway slave. A timeless tale of compassion and freedom.

In real life, the Dalai Lama.

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1. 8/22/09
  
  celticmusicfan
  
  Thanks for dropping by and sharing Jane
8/22/09

greencurmudgeon

Cyrano de Bergerac. He's pretty much set the template for heroism for me.

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  celticmusicfan
  
  Yes he is one of the most romantic figure in history. I love the play as well.
8/22/09

HollytheHousewife

Tim russert. I know he isn't ancient,but he is just like me! He just wanted everything to be ok

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  celticmusicfan
  
  I googled him and I agree with you. A remarkable person indeed. Thank you for adding something new to my knowledge
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  HollytheHousewife
  
  Yw
8/22/09

melindaville

This is a very good question. Shakespeare influenced me in so many ways--as an actor, as a performer, and as a writer. Not that I write like Shakespeare--but his writing inspired me for sure.

Musically, I have been inspired by many people--Billie Holliday, Janis Joplin, Lou Reed, Elvis Costello, Diana Krall.

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1. 8/22/09
  
  celticmusicfan
  
  Diana Krall! Now that's another artist I'd love to follow and who's works I always collect
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  melindaville
  
  Me too CMF!
8/22/09

Jeunelle

Shaka Zulu - "Death or victory"
Crazy Horse - "One does not sell the earth in which the people walk"
Sitting Bull - “The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it”

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8/22/09

SweetViolet

Queen Elizabeth I, a smart, strong, shrewd woman who knew herself the equal of any man.

Gloria Steinem for opening the doors of today's society so that modern-day Elizabeths can flourish.

For fiction, I'd have to say Mary Poppins: a benevolent being who loved and cared for children and could fix any kind of situation creatively...I found the books when my own life was in turmoil as the rope in a tug of war between divorcing parents.

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8/22/09

Rozie818

JFK : I remember seeing him on 13th ave in Brooklyn, then soon after being taken out of school because he was killed. It taught me to look into things from all angles not just the angles we are force feed.

Musically I have to say Connie Francis was always on in my house, do whop, Motown and The Glitter era.

Sports, Mickey Mantle and Jim Brown.

Historic: Hercules was a influence although he was a myth, but it got me interested in Roman / Greek history.

Literature: Truman Capote

The Arts: Salvador Dali

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8/22/09

rokphoenix

Chuck Schuldiner is one.
Mahatma Gandhi
William Shakespeare
Albert Einstein
Lumière Brothers for giving us the magic of cinema (i know they did not invent it, but still... )

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8/23/09

RogerW

Thomas Edison. When I was a young kid I was fascinated with his face in photographs. I was equally as fascinated with the old cylinder records and the label colours on their covers. I don't know if he was the catalyst, but I spent the first 18 years of my working life selling records, without giving him any thought. Back then I never gave anything much thought! Then one day when I began to think, Mr Edison was my teacher. I stumbled upon a biography of him and a statement he made set my life on a whole new path. He said, "My inventions did not come from within me. They already existed in space. I simply brought them into being." Not a bad reality check for a high school dropout to discover, at 38 years of age. I'm not an inventor, but he's still one of my teachers. Since then I've made it my business to surround myself with people who know more than me.

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