jumpinjacko
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:00:21 PM new
Here are a few famous people who changed my life...If only just a little..
Bob Marley
Jacques Cousteau
Mark Spitz
Harry Houdini
Jimmy Buffett
As always ...To be continued..
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ZILVY
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:02:40 PM new
You don't get off that easy Jumpin tell us how these people affected you, even if just a little bit....and is this a FUN thread or do you want the full gamut?
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jumpinjacko
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:07:03 PM new
Lets play the game ZILVY tell me what famous person
you take after.....?
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ZILVY
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:11:34 PM new
Groucho Marx....say the secret word
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jumpinjacko
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:12:52 PM new
the secret word is please tell me more...
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hepburn
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:14:19 PM new
Red Skelton (dad loved him)
Cousin Herb (made me HATE country western)
more later
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jumpinjacko
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posted on August 17, 2001 10:32:52 PM new
HERE YA GO ZILVY
Bob Marley has shown me spiritual light of life with harmony and peace though music
Jacques Cousteau made me think about new adventures and with old friends.
Mark Spitz is the proud champion ,I try to be day after day
Harry Houdini had a showmanship that could hold a crowd mesmerized for hours.
Jimmy Buffett taught me you can have fun in every situation and to love the simple things
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ZILVY
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posted on August 18, 2001 03:28:08 AM new
See, I knew there was more to this than just names....sounds good to me!!
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sadie999
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posted on August 18, 2001 06:46:53 AM new
Carolyn Jones as Morticia Addams. I still have long (dyed) black hair parted in the middle and I wear mostly black. Unfortunately, I haven't met my rich, kooky Gomez in this lifetime. 
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enchanted
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posted on August 18, 2001 06:55:58 AM new
LOL Sadie
I need to think about it JJ. For me its mostly been unfamous people that affected me the most in positive ways.
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REAMOND
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posted on August 18, 2001 08:06:50 AM new
Winston Spencer Churchill.
When you're right, never,never, give up.
His stubborn, unflinching determination not to surrender to the Nazis saved democracy for the World. Had that tiny island not held out, the U.S. could not have been saved from the Axis jauggernaut. The devastation that England received would have caused most leaders to surrender. Churchill realized that democracy was at stake, and decided that it would be fought for to the last man/woman.
Remember Churchill.
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MrsSantaClaus
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posted on August 18, 2001 11:16:30 PM new
1. Sidney Biddle Barrow (Mayflower Madam)
Her life story taught me that if you can take the world's oldest profession and move it to a level of respectability you can make any business prosper.
2. Jerry DJ Strothers
OK, so he was just a local celebrity - but he taught me all about being a disc jockey - and instilled in me a love for dance music that I cherish to this day.
3. Princess Diana
We were both born and married in the same year. Watching her was amazing! She left this world too early ....
More later ...
BECKY
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Baduizm
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posted on August 18, 2001 11:57:38 PM new
1. Langston Hughes. He is an author I continue to research.
2. Mrs. Gloria Sams. A key high school English teacher who encouraged me to write and spurred my interest in journalism and literature.
3. Mr. Bill Smith. My junior high school history teacher who said "Put down your books. That's HIS-tory, not History."
3. Mr. Donald Page. My TSU professor who pushed me to undertake as many college internships as possible.
4. My parents. Just because they both did so much for me.
5. Malcolm X (El Hajj-Malik El Shabazz). Because one's life may start in a cesspool, but that is not where you ultimately should end up. Also, for helping me navigate through the mystic NOI and divining the differences from true Islam.
6. My paternal grandmother. A true educator, she battled Jim Crow segregation to help African-American children, at the risk of hurting the family mortuary business.
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Hjw
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posted on August 19, 2001 06:23:14 AM new
My dad who taught me so much - the value of critical reading, journalism, and especially how to maintain a good sense of humor and courage to face the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
My high school English Teacher who gave me a really great list of books to read which led to my interest in literature.
Too many writers to mention...especially Russian that I have admired.
My grandfather, and my uncle, Mason who taught me about love, consideration, personal integrity and perseverance.
Helen
Baduizm
3. "Mr. Bill Smith. My junior high school history teacher who said "Put down your books. That's HIS-tory, not History."
Good one!!!
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antiker69
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posted on August 19, 2001 09:04:39 AM new
I always admired my Grandmother, for raising 13 children on a farm in rural Kentucky. For doing things the hard way, and always getting them done. For canning all her own food, going to the barn if she wanted milk or eggs, making sure the children knew their Bible verses, and teaching every single one of them right from wrong. For always having a nice surprise for the Grandkids, in the pocket of her apron. For always having time to rock a baby in her lap. She was a remarkable lady
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godzillatemple
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posted on August 20, 2001 11:55:25 AM new
The late, great Douglas Adams and the entire Monty Python troupe. They warped me at an early age.
Barry
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