Who do you admire?

[Persephone]

I was just wondering who people admire. Besides from some people in my family and some teachers I grew up with I really admire

Hunter S. Thomas
http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/images/hst.jpg
"Myths and legends die hard in America. We love them for the extra dimension they provide, the illusion of near-infinite possibility to erase the narrow confines of most men's reality. Weird heroes and mold-breaking champions exist as living proof to those who need it that the tyranny of 'the rat race' is not yet final."-Hunter S. Thompson

And

Tim Burton
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v320/StarlitRiot/timburtonsmaller.jpg
"One person's crazyness is another person's reality." Tim Burton

[magicalcookie]

Tim Heidecker & Eric Wertheim
http://www.selectmediafestival.org/2006/oct21.jpg
Hosts of Tim & Eric Awesome Show Great Job!

[atomicbob]

Einstein...Because he didn't give a rat's ass what people thought of his hair...

http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/images/einstein4.jpg

Buffett....Because he got filthy rich and yet doesn't need a bigger mansion than the next guy.

http://media.cnbc.com/j/CNBC/Sections/News_And_Analysis/_Blogs/Warren_Buffett_Watch/_DAILY%20POSTS/Graphics/070803_BuffettCarriesLunch.standard.jpg

His digs in Omaha.

http://images.forbes.com/media/lifestyle/2007/03/08/2_0308homes.jpg

[magicalcookie]

Also R. Lee Ermey

http://www.studiomark.com/photography-folder/275folder/r-lee-ermey,-actor.jpg
Took part as the hardcore drill instrucor in "Full Metal Jacket"

[Innocent-Bystander]

Robert A. Heinlein for his book Star Ship Troopers. The book woke me up to the social responsibility of the individual. The movie was trash to his memory, but had a nice shower sceen

[Kev Kanos]

I admire Perse :woot:
http://www.warishellgaming.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=4261&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1164174382

[papasan9]

hi cutie perse... good pick, except his name is Hunter S. Thompson. My avatar is johnnie depp playing thompson in fear and loathing in las vegas. fantastic movie. depp and thompson became close personal friends until thompson shot himself, i think depp does a fantastic thompson in fear and loathing.

ok, besides teachers or family types....

some people i most admire(d):

john wayne
john f. kennedy
ronald reagan
senior drill instructor staff sgt. nurse
Hazel Lewis Jr aka "pops". - a former boss and green beret who served three tours in vietnam....very decorated and had no less than 7 bullet wounds and was courts - martialed about as many times....great man, weve been friends now for 13 years.
pope john paul
hugh hefner

[atomicbob]

The Duke, JFK and Ronnie were so obvious to me I left them off my list.

I think I could add Walter Schirra, Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham.

The first guys with nuggets big enough to jump in a Saturn V for a test ride.

http://www.romfart.no/Sitater/Bilder/Apollo11Saturn5.jpg

[Crotch-Rot]

I admire Lt. Colonel David Hackworth of the 4 Battalion/39th infantry. The man responsible for the Hardcore Recondo during the Vietnam War. He took a rag-tag group of soldiers and whipped them into shape, saving their own lives during the war. The man is a hardcore, no-bullshit kind of leader. He used to say, "the more sweat on the training field, the less blood an the battlefield."

Hardcore Recondo - AAA-0