Here, we’ve compiled a list of the best Role Model Quotes from famous authors such as Susan Wojcicki, Treat Williams, Jennifer Lopez, Isa Guha, Richard Attias. Let’s look at these pieces of wisdom. We definitely have something to learn from them!
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It’s important for me to show my children the richness of life and be a role model. I find that my organizational and management skills are tested more at home than at work!
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Honestly, I didn’t know I was a role model.
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I know that being seen as a role model means taking responsibility for all my actions. I am human, and of course, sometimes I make mistakes. But I promise that when I fall, I get back up.
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I’ve never really seen myself as a role model, but if others see me as that then it’s something of which I’d be very proud.
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Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.
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I want to be role model for people to be like, ‘I don’t need a major label to be a successful artist and to have a successful song.’
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I want to be a role model.
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I’m not a role model… Just because I dunk a basketball doesn’t mean I should raise your kids.
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Jurgen Klopp is the perfect role model. He has won so much at Liverpool and for Borussia Dortmund but also he worked for a long period at Mainz 05.
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I think historically it’s good for younger people to see where so much influence has come from. If you’re using my mother as a role model it gives women permission to be kooky and wonderful and individual and unique and loyal and independent all at the same time.
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I like being a role model – people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don’t see myself that way.
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If people want a role model, they can have Miley Cyrus.
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I want to be the best professional and the greatest role model I can be.
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When a role model tells you it’s going to be OK, it’s going to be OK.
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I think first of all my purpose is to be me. I didn’t come here to specifically be a role model or anything.
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Young people, for whom I should have been a role model and an uncle, duplicated my worst habits and died as a result.
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I look up to Floyd Mayweather, but I don’t try to be like Floyd Mayweather. He’s done great things, he’s a role model. But those who say I try to be Floyd can go kick rocks.
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At the risk of damaging the ‘First Take’ ratings, the God’s truth is I do not hate LeBron James. I actually like the man, who seems as close to being a role model as any superstar can be. He seems to be a good father and husband with a sharing, caring heart.
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I wanted to be a role model, and a series of events took it away from me.
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She’s true to herself and she’s determined. She has things going against her, but she forges ahead despite all of that. I think that’s encouraging. She’s got some problems, but she has hope and tries to plow through things. I think that’s a good role model.
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I think a lot of the things I do are because I want to be the idol or the role model that I never had when I was a kid.
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For me as an individual, it’s important that I have a career as a role model for my children, that I earn my own money, and I spend it prudently and imprudently.
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I will follow my father’s footsteps by doing what is right, and God will take care of the rest. My father is my role model. My living role model is Cory Aquino.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It’s something you have to do on your own.
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That’s what cool about me being here and still being in the wrestling business. I can still give back, even being in the announcer’s booth. I still feel like I’m a role model and I have a job to do.
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I realise that every time my face is on TV or I’m playing in a tournament, that I am a role model for a lot of people and a lot of kids do look up to me. I try to do my best in that regard and put myself across as honestly and as modestly as possible, as well.
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As a responsible citizen and a role model to a certain section of people, I need to use every available platform to reach out to the impressionable sections of our country.
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I am no one’s role model.
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I wanted to empower other people and prove even with invisible conditions like mine that you can achieve things if you put your mind to it and work hard. So I definitely see myself as a role model in some weird and wonderful way.
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I’m discovering, and I think other mums are discovering too, that when you become a mum, you don’t have to change into this frumpy, wholesome role model who is perfect and loses all of your identity. You can still have the same personality you’ve always had.
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A large demo of my fans are younger, and I try to be the best role model possible and tell them that if you work hard and believe in yourself, you can create amazing work.
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If I were to be a role model, it would just come out of going the college route, getting training, and trusting that’s the most secure path you can take – a path where a degree is involved. You know you went to college, and you have that under your belt.
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I didn’t go into acting because I wanted to be a role model.
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I looked at Willie Nelson and Farm Aid as a role model; they do it every year, and it draws people together, and drawing people together where they realize they’re not alone, to me, is strategic in healing.
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Being a role model is a little bit of pressure on me, but I know that people will support me either way which is a good feeling.
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I feel I am a role model to many, not just for my designs, but also for the fact that I started my own company with the help of my two friends. I became a success story, and people relate to that.
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George Balanchine is my role model because his work is so varied. You can see two ballets of his and not even realize that they are by the same choreographer.
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I don’t care what anybody says: a pro athlete is going to be a role model. I tried to use that as a positive influence, to let kids know we are regular people.
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I try to be myself and, of course, be a good role model. I don’t really find it hard, but you think about what you do and that other people look up to you.
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But I want to pay tribute to Anna Lee Woodruff, an extraordinary, selfless woman and beautiful grandmother who in her quiet determined way was a role model for her two daughters, and who left a lasting impression on so many who knew her.
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You’ve got to be a role model to the younger generation who look up to you, but it’s always good to have fun. That’s what the goal celebrations are about, really.
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I don’t think there’s anything that is a greater area of discrimination against women today than the fact that nowhere in the world is there a female role model in team sports that more than half of a general audience would recognize.
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I don’t sell myself. I am what I am. I’m a role model for a lot of people, for my kids. I don’t want to just change because I want to make more money.
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Even though she’s my younger sister, Becky’s definitely a role model in my life. She’s the most genuinely positive person I’ve ever met.
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I share my story to help other people. I know people need someone to be a role model and help them along the way.
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I think when people look upon somebody as a role model it is the biggest honor.
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My heritage is really important to me. I’ve always had that olive complexion and the squished nose, and I just think it’s important to do the best I can to be a good role model.
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Most of us are never educated about feelings. Instead, we’re expected to learn socially acceptable ways to deal with feelings by watching the people around us. But the truth is, many people don’t role model healthy ways to deal with feelings.
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The idea of being a role model is bizarre.
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Guess what, I’m the opposite of a role model!
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I’ve changed for the better. I’m much more selfless and humble and you’re reminded about what life’s really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.
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People often ask me, ‘Who is your role model?’ and it sounds a bit cliche, but I’ve been trying to be my own model.
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First there’s my role just as an executive being responsible for advertising, regardless of gender. I think that’s a position that I take seriously. That’s the first role. But I think for my role as a woman at Google, you try to set a good example and be a role model for the other women in the organization.
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I’d like to be a role model.
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The first time someone called me a role model, I remember thinking, ‘What does that mean?’ But I feel aware of it when I’m reading scripts.
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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
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When I was starting out as a barrister in the 1980s, Lord Denning was the most famous judge in the land, and the supposed role model for every lawyer. But not for me.
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I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn’t hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything.
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I was lucky to be my dad’s daughter, and I’m forever grateful to have Jann Arden as a strong role model in my life.
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The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped.
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I think kids should have a mentor and a role model, but that they shouldn’t take one person’s opinion to be what we call final assessment or judgment about how life is supposed to be.
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There was nothing to aspire to, no one to honor. Sojourner Truth wasn’t a big enough role model for me. I couldn’t go around abolishing slavery.
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Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.
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We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest female athlete on the planet. Martina just kept breaking every rule. That’s a great role model.
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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’m not saying I’m the perfect role model. But I’m honest. Period.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she’s just the best.
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I never thought of myself as a role model, but I’ve had so many messages from girls, women, mothers saying I was an inspiration.
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My mom was the only one who didn’t bleach her skin. She was the one who kept her natural complexion. So yes, I consider her a role model. All of her other family members would say to us, ‘Oh, your mom is so beautiful. She’s lucky she kept her skin.’ Those comments stayed with me.
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I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
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My dream is to be able to promote a message of honesty, whether with music or in anything that I’m doing. I don’t think to be a role model you have to be perfect.
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It’s really important to be a strong role model. It’s one of my main things because I feel I’ve been exposed in such an extreme way to a lot of sexism.
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You a role model by way of someone will model after your role. They’ll model themselves after what they perceive is success. That doesn’t mean they take your morality and virtue seriously. They want what you want, and they’re willing to do what you do to get it.
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I put it on myself to be a role model for all Australian kids, especially indigenous kids.
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I never feel pressure to be a good role model. I always try to do my best to inspire people to be good and do the right thing, but I just can’t live my life always trying to be a good role model.
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Definitely my ‘why’ in WWE is the representation and being a role model for everyone out there. Anyone who looks to me as an inspiration is why I do this.
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I know I’m never going to be one of those size 2 actresses – that’s just not me. But I do want to be the healthiest I can be, and a role model to women of all shapes and sizes.
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I definitely stand by the phrase that I’m an entertainer and not a role model.
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We never made attempts to say we were anybody’s role model or the be-all-end-all of what people should look up to. We have always just been very open about the fact that we have difficulties and we are messed-up people, just as our fans are.
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Faith Hill is a big role model.
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That’s so important for children when they’re growing up, to have a strong male role model.
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My mother fiercely valued education. She entered college the same year I did, in 1979, and graduated eight years later. She was a remarkable role model for all of us.
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I’m a good role model. I have an amazing marriage, and it will be long lasting. I think I’m a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet.
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I don’t want to be perfect, but I do want to be a role model. My mom always tells me that imperfections equal beauty. All of us are imperfect.
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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I’m a role model.
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I don’t know if I ever really think about being a role model. But I guess if you’re in the public eye and people are looking at what you do, you do want to be a good role model, and you want to kind of be seen in a good light.
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My mother is my first role model. We have lived every dream together. The way she has balanced everything in life makes me want to be like her.
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Quick with advice and always caring, the 41st President of the United States was a statesmen, a role model, and an American hero.
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I just want to be that role model that the kids can look up to, and say, ‘I want to be like him. I want to be just like Mookie Betts.’
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It’s so weird to turn on a switch and be the role model for all women, for all African-Americans. That doesn’t happen that easily. It just doesn’t. And so I don’t act up in public and I don’t do anything weird – because my sisters are watching me, not because the world is watching me.
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I have an incredible role model in my mom. She was a single mother raising two kids in New York.
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I’m honored and excited to bring Dora to life. I grew up watching the show, and for me, especially as a Latina, Dora was an amazing role model – she is a strong, adventurous, and fun-loving girl.
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If I can be a role model, or if I can maybe make another manager play a young player coming through rather than buy a player, that’s incredible.
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer and a role model for women across America. She is the reason women like me not only believed we had a right to be in the workplace, but were guaranteed it. She won us equality, and then showed us how to succeed.
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My version of a good role model is everything that I have strived to become over the years, as I have a deep desire to live an honest life and give relentlessly and openly to people who look up to me.
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People should look up to me. Young kids. I am a good role model. I’ll show them how men should really be. And kids can take note from that. I am a good role model. Lots of kids look up to me.
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It’s very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.
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I would love to be at a place where a girl character can also be a role model for young boys.
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Kids need role models, whether it’s baseball players, actors or musicians: people to bring a little positive light into their hearts and minds. We need to be a little kinder to those people because it’s not easy being that role model, looked upon as something we are all incapable of being – too perfect.
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I’m all about being a role model to kids. I enjoy doing it, and I like putting smiles on kids’ faces.
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I’m all for having an empowered first lady who can really use that position to improve conditions, be a role model and make change.
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I was my own role model.
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Since I’m not a fashion model, there’s a limit to how nice I can make myself. I don’t regard myself as an ugly person, but I don’t think of myself as someone who would choose to be a model. I’m somebody who might be, I’d like to think, a role model for people who want to become lawyers.
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My mother is my biggest role model, and she showed me how to do it right. She was very present in our lives and has a great career of her own. Same with my father. So I knew it was possible going in to stay closely connected to my children while also chasing big dreams. And it’s given me great perspective.
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I am aware of my own position and my responsibilities to youngsters watching us. You are a role model.
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I’ve been a role model in terms of discipline, and I have always been rigorous and professional.
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I’m very fond of the British cinema. I’m a big fan of Martin Campbell and Daniel Craig. I actually find Daniel very inspirational, especially on the physical side of things. He really inspired me to get back into shape when I started to add on a few pounds. I think he’s a great role model.
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I hope that I can be a role model and positive influence to anyone else who is struggling with insecurities within themselves.
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I guess any movie actor can become a role model for audiences out there who enjoy him.
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I have a wide spectrum, a wide demographic. I have the young girls, I have the gay community, I have many regular theatergoers. I do feel a tremendous responsibility and pride to be a role model for some of these young people.
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I am nearly the worst role model for a healthy person. To me, a healthy person is someone in balance. Sometimes you eat hamburgers, sometimes salad; sometimes you move, sometimes you don’t. I eat more healthily than unhealthily, but I do sometimes eat unhealthy food.
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There are so few Jewish ballplayers, so you want to be a positive role model and provide an example that the Jewish community can be proud of.
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I have a purpose and a meaning in life, and I have to fulfill that. Being a champion is great, but more importantly than that, you get to be an inspiration and a role model to other people.
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I am super close with my brother. He is my ultimate role model. Growing up and having a family break apart, you know, when my parents divorced and things like that, it was a struggle, and all we had was each other at the time.
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I don’t think of myself as a role model, but I can see that I am.
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Just the title of ‘American Idol’ is something that people can look up to. I’m not Saint Scott, I’m not Mr. Perfect, but I want to be that role model.
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I’m no role model.
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Rani Mukherji has been my role model and I would like to do the kind of films that she has done. But to work with Shah Rukh Khan is my ultimate dream.
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I watch a lot of players in my position, but if I had to name a role model, I’d say Lillian Thuram because of the way he carried himself on the pitch and everything he did in his career.
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My parents both made it to ninth grade and then dropped out, so I just want to have that higher education so when I have kids one day I’ll be able to tell them and I’ll be a better role model for them.
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My role model is my dad.
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Well, clearly Apple is a role model of the American innovation whereby it produced all these products – iPod, iPhone, iPad – that are really now dominating all the technology arena in the world.
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Don’t go watching reality TV thinking your going to find a role model.
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Gandhi became my role model. I have always been interested in Eastern philosophy. Since early in my life I’ve been fascinated by India, and I have spent a great deal of time traveling in that country.
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I never thought a role model should be negative.
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For me, Caitlyn Jenner is such a huge role model. She’s really making a difference in our society by just being brave and sharing her story. People say she’s not brave and courageous, but to me, she is so brave and courageous.
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You want to help people and make the world a better place in whatever way you can. I’ve tried to share the things I’ve learned, and for me it really is all about being a role model.
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When I grew up I was a huge Michael Jordan fan. That’s not very unusual for people to like him, but I just liked reading his books, especially where he came from, getting cut from his high school team. I thought he was a good person, a good role model to look up to.
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I think once you’re in the public eye, whether you’re a boss, a teacher or whatever you do, that you’re automatically in the position of role model. You have people looking up to you, so whether you choose to accept it or not is a different question.
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Growing up, David Seaman was a massive role model for me. Peter Schmeichel and him were the ones I looked up to.
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Everything I have, I owe to Jardim Irene. I want the children to see me there, that I’m giving them attention, so that they can have a good role model.
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I think it’s important for little girls growing up, and young women, to have one in every walk of life. So from that point of view, I’m proud to be a role model!
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I looked at Willie Nelson and Farm Aid as a role model; they do it every year, and it draws people together, and drawing people together where they realize they’re not alone, to me, is strategic in healing.
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I’m still very much plugging away. But if I can build my career, I’ll do it like Eric Bana. He has a family; he has his roots. He still loves Melbourne. He’s a great role model to have.
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In the beginning of my career, I didn’t have any female singer in metal to ask for advice, nor have I ever had a role model or a metal singer that could inspire me, because the way I sang was operatic.
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Raheem Sterling is a role model to a lot of young lads coming through.
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I’m not trying to influence anyone else; I’m not saying, ‘Do what I do.’ I think it’s a little pretentious to say, ‘I’m a role model’; I would never say that, and I don’t think of myself that way.
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I was given such a great gift. It’s a miracle that never stops amazing me and reminding me to give thanks, every day. Having a wife and daughter gives me a lot more purpose. I was much more selfish before, but now I think about what kind of role model I’ll be. I just want to be a better man.
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I’ve always loved the club. Kaka was my role model when I was young, and my aim now is to go down in Milan history.
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I look up to the older generation of men – Arthur Scargill, Tony Benn, Jeremy Corbyn – but my main role model has been my step-granddad Jim. He’s brilliant, very political, quite eccentric.
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I really believe that’s one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don’t realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model.
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A role model can teach you to love and respect yourself.
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I really enjoyed watching a ballerina named Denise Dabrowski who used to dance at California Ballet. She was a beautiful ballerina and role model for a lot of young dancers.
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I think Dr Dre really evolved and really is a great role model for young people that have had to survive and thrive against all odds. He was able to turn his life around and create an empire and become a successful family person.
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Neuer is the world’s No.1 keeper and can be used as a role model for all young keepers. He has everything a goalkeeper needs to have.
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Being a role model was part of my life and I could either ignore it or take responsibility. I chose to take it.
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If you can be a good role model for people, well, great. You try and live your sporting life and the rest of your life as well as you can, and if it’s something that people admire, well, fantastic. I don’t sit at home and think about it too much, though – there’s plenty of other things in my life going on.
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Without appearing smug in any way, I would say I did not have a role model. I wish I had but I did not.
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If you aspired and wanted to get on in life, as so many immigrants families did, Margaret Thatcher was your champion, your role model, your heroine.
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I want to be a role model and I want to show kids that you can be strong and overcome adversity.
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To me, being a role model is awesome. It’s a blessing.
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As a schoolboy, I loved Charles Dickens. His ‘David Copperfield’ has had the strongest influence on me – I looked up to David Copperfield as a role model.
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I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.
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I was this role model for heavy people. But the thing is, I never set out to be a role model at all, and I don’t set out to be one now. I won’t preach to anyone and tell them how to lose weight. I don’t know any better than the next person.
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It’s great to be somewhat of a role model. I want to be a positive and good role model and lead by example and try to do the best I can. Playing good golf definitely draws attention, but I want to have a good attitude on the course and do the right things.
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As a sports person there is definitely a responsibility to be a good role model.
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I get letters and messages on Twitter saying I’ve become a bit of a role model, which is wonderful.
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I feel like I am an inspiration. That’s the word I prefer. I don’t believe that I have to be a role model, someone to be emulated.
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Everybody has struggles in life, and mine was to come out of a tough area in Berlin. It helped me a lot on my way to becoming a professional footballer, to being an idol and a good role model.
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I have received so many letters, messages, emails, testimonies of women whom I meet in international conferences, wherever it may be, who tell me, ‘It’s great that you have balanced life and work so successfully.’ I now think I have underestimated that, the ‘role model’ aspect of my life, I must say.
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More than anything, you want to be considered a great father and a role model, especially for your kid.
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Yes. I was the first female colonel. I enjoyed being that kind of role model for young women watching the show. A woman can be a colonel! A woman can be in charge! Those were new ideas then.
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I know I have a responsibility as a role model to children and I try to fulfill that.
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For me, I just want to be a role model, put a positive impact on the kids that are watching the sport, that want to be a part of the sport, and leave a good everlasting impact on the sport, continue my legacy down the road.
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I’ve tried my best to be a good role model for my two younger sisters.
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I try to be a good role model for my son, my family, my friends, and then I try to be a good role model for the rest of the people, too.
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I hope I’m a role model for female coaches who are coming through.
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My role model was always Xavi Hernandez from Barcelona.
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I see myself as a role model, and I think that everything that I am putting out is positive.
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I don’t want to be just known for the way I dress. I want to be known for how I play, how I treat people, and how I am as a role model. I don’t just want to be, ‘He dresses cool’ or ‘He dresses crazy.’ You’re going to have lovers and haters. I want my golf game to be the main thing.
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It’s nice if I am called a role model, because I never thought that I would be a role model for anyone else.
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I’m very sensitive about being held up as some sort of example. I don’t consider myself any sort of role model at all. I have great advantages over many other working women, and my schedule allows me more time with my kids than many working women have.
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Whether you want to or not, you do serve as a role model. People will always put more faith in baseball players than anyone else.
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I don’t choose projects according to the idea of being a role model. To be considered as one is definitely an honor.
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It is so key to me to be a good role model for young girls and someone their mom would want them to look up to.
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My wife may be the role model for our daughter in some ways, but I think I represent what she’ll put up with. You know, I think one day she’ll say, ‘OK my dad behaved this way, so if whoever I happen to fall in love with behaves this way it’s got to be OK because I love my dad.’
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I feel I could be a role model to other Hispanic gymnasts interested in the sport, but I also want them to understand the importance of being focused, determined, and not giving up, despite all the struggles.
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My father wasn’t the best role model to me.
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I am really looking forward to being a role model for girls.
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I want to do performance that inspires people to be true to themselves and has tangible impact on the community. Not just because I want to be a role model – I just think it’s the best way to honor the tradition of drag.
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I don’t have just one role model – rather, pieces of inspiration from many different entrepreneurs. One of the great things about being an entrepreneur is that it naturally enables you to build a village of advisors and role models.
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I think the best thing about being James Brown is looking at my little son. Hopefully I can make my son a role model to a lot of people.
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I never wanted to model myself on a female singer, which tells you a lot about my character. I didn’t have a female role model. There just wasn’t anybody around. I played with the boys and beat them at their own game.
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I like to think I’m a role model for women. But I also don’t like to just limit it to women. I like to think I’m a role model for human beings in general.
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While my father was a diplomat rather than a business person, I count him as a critically important formative role model. He was comfortable living and working all around the world, wherever he was assigned.
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Although it may seem callous to say so, millions of Americans are lucky that Magic Johnson was infected with H.I.V. There is no way of calculating how many lives he has saved. No advertising agency could have invented a better, or more effective, role model.
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Working with Sofia Vergara and growing up with her was great because she was, you know, a really amazing, curvy role model for me. She helped me learn to accept the way I looked and love it and dress for it and feel good about myself.
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I think a lot of people do see me as like a role model or as an ambassador.
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Becoming a dad means you have to be a role model for your son and be someone he can look up to.
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I don’t personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.
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My role model was my grandfather. He instilled in me the feeling that no matter how successful you are you have a responsibility to help others.
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I never thought I would be a role model for anything. But a role model for fun, I can do that.
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It would be too frightening for me to consider myself a role model. But I like the idea of not being afraid of letting your imagination rule you, to feel the freedom of expression, to let creativity be your overwhelming drive rather than other things.
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It’s weird to hear anyone call me a role model.
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I’m happy to inspire your seven-year-old child, but I do not want to be her role model.
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Yes, I see myself as a role model. And as a role model, I have to behave in a certain way.
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My dad is a good role model for me, and then I had a high school coach that really helped me out when I was struggling and made a big difference in my life.
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If I were to think of myself as a role model, I would say that it’s really important to realize when you are a role model and to be willing to give advice, share how you do things.
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Billie Jean King always was there for me as a role model. She always fought for equality, and that always stood out as I was coming up.
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I’m gonna be 20 in five months. I’m an adult, but I understand that there are nine-year-olds watching my every move, so I try, at least in a public, to be as good of a role model as I can.
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I take it seriously that it’s a privilege and honor to be a role model to young girls, both black and white. It’s not something I take lightly.
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I have a responsibility as a potential role model that I take very seriously.
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I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.
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I don’t want to say names, but there are certain companies I won’t work with because of previous people they’ve worked with. I don’t want to be put in the same category as another athlete that I don’t necessarily think is a good role model.
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My dad was my best friend and greatest role model. He was an amazing dad, coach, mentor, soldier, husband and friend.
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I had a tough childhood after my father died when I was five, and I had a very difficult stepfather. I want to give my children what I didn’t have – a good role model.
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We have so many guys in the NHL who can lead by example and I embrace being a role model for a lot of kids.
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The role model thing gets imposed on you by someone else. I don’t think that’s fair.
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In terms of being a vessel for female empowerment and a role model for young girls, I take it on gladly and seriously, but I hope people remember that I’m just a regular person, and I’m not going to be perfect.
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My role model was Sachin Tendulkar as a kid. I feel very proud that I have been able to follow his footsteps and become a UNICEF ambassador like him.
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Everyone knows someone struggling in some kind of way. You are a role model to so many people, even if you don’t realize it. Take someone under your wing. Show them the right way to do things.
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I didn’t have a role model when I was younger.
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It would be a dream to follow Fernandinho’s footsteps, because he is my role model.
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Gary Speed was honourable, trustworthy and a joy to manage. He was honest, he was a role model and he was a great bloke. An avid learner, he recognised responsibility and he was always fully committed.
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When you try to be a role model, not everybody can relate to some of your highs – awards, championships. But everybody can relate to the lows. Everybody’s gotten fired from a job or gotten cut. People learn more about you in those lows than they do in the highs.
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Not a lot of people get to meet their role model and idol in life, and I’ve been really lucky that way.
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Some people are that – more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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My mother was my biggest role model. She taught me to hate waste. We never wasted anything.
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Trying to be a leader in a sort of very atypical workplace like ‘Saturday Night Live’ forces you to realize that no one wants you to be their leader. If you can help them get their thing on TV or whatever, they want that. But no adult is looking for a role model.
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I didn’t have that growing up as a kid, people who gave back to the community and things like that. It was a dream of mine when I made it to always give back and be a positive impact and great role model.
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Parents will often thank me for being a good role model for their kids or tell me, ‘You’ll never understand how much you mean to my daughter,’ so then I feel I don’t want to let down the parents, either.
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I definitely feel like kids do look up to me as a potential role model. It’s an honor, but it can also be a burden. I may be on TV, but I’m also a teenager. I don’t get it right every time. But I always do my absolute best to stay above board in every way. My fans inspire me to be a better person.
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It feels amazing to be a role model for people with and without disabilities.
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I’m not having to go outside and switch the role model hat on. It’s me, and it’s important for me to leave that legacy to help inspire younger players because I didn’t have a role model growing up.
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For me, my number one Hollywood role model is Jennifer Lopez.
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I always liked No. 10 because I loved Zidane. He was my role model. I always wanted to play like him.
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Barbara Castle should have been Labour’s – and Britain’s – first female prime minister. What a role model she would have been: passionate, fiery, and absolutely committed to social justice.
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Although I’m sure she’s completely charming and delightful, I’m not sure if Kate Middleton might be the best role model. This is a person who has got where she is by marriage, a person whose weight, clothing, hair we worry about – we don’t worry about what she’s thinking.
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My dad’s one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman’s an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he’s a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don’t necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.
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Once you turn pro and you’re making the big money and kids are buying your sneakers and your skates and your gloves and so on, you are a member of that role model club.
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No, I like being a role model because I know how much comfort my musical idols brought me.
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I’m a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don’t care what people think of me. I don’t care about being a hero, a role model, a champion.
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Don’t judge my dad on the one thing he did wrong and not on all the things he did right. For such a long time, he was such a huge role model for kids and such a positive thing. That’s the one thing about this business is you get tormented for the one thing that is negative versus all the great things you have done.
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I feel like I’m a very good role model for women.
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I might be in an airport, late or angry with a ticket person, and I’m going to sort of check myself, because part of me is seen as Eric Camden. We all need as much help as we can get. It’s a role model to me as much as to anybody else.
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God only knows we need a great role model as a leader who is more leader than they are male or female, who is more about their mission that serves everyone than about ego and personal ambition that only serves them.
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I think I’m a different kind of role model for young girls.
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I was always really proud of the fact that I had a very positive influence as a role model.
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My mom was always my biggest teacher, my inspiration, my role model. My mom was just the most amazing person. She was like a bon vivant in that she just lived each day to the fullest. As soon as I became a vegetarian, she became a vegetarian.
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Kids always need a role model. I let them know you can do it, too, if you really want to.
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For me, growing up, my main role model was Rio Ferdinand when he was playing with England. He was a centre half. I liked his style of play, and he played with a lot of passion.
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I can remember back to when I was 12, 13, and any show that I watched, I wanted to be the main character and embody them, and I think the fact that Sabrina is, in so many ways, such a positive role model for young girls is really cool.
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Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others.
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I feel that public service is so important and giving back, being a role model and helping people in need is something that I would love to do.
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Vermaelen is like a role model to me. His life is all about football and he’s extremely disciplined. I’m more laid-back than he is. Thomas isn’t the type of person to go out for a drink on a regular basis, unlike me.
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Xavier has been the ultimate role model. No matter how far away we are geographically, working together is something we feed off of.
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When it comes to role models, as a person of faith, I think we all have one perfect role model. And when I’m asked that question, I point to God and to my faith. And that’s where I tell my kids to look.
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Not everyone’s role model material, but we do have a sense of responsibility because kids listen more to us than they would their parents.
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I want to get to a point in my career where I can be a role model. A good one. I want to say, ‘I got here without drugs, and I got here without drinking or smoking. If I can do it, you can do it. I have no doubt.’ I really want kids to have a chance in life.
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There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.
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My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.
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Lionel Messi is a role model for everyone, including me.
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I’ve always been an outgoing guy. But I know as an athlete, I have an obligation to be a role model.
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I’m a role model for lots of young girls.
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I was pretty sure, going along the timeline, I was going to have to embrace being a role model for transsexuals in mixed martial arts, and I’m willing to embrace it – of course.
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Joan Rivers was a role model to comics everywhere, but especially to women. She got the first laugh and the last laugh.
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We have two issues – not enough young girls starting in karting at a young age and no clear role model. Sometimes you just have to see it to believe it.
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What I really realized is that by being myself, regardless of what that means, you become a better role model.
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My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen. His songwriting skills, I cannot even approach, but his showmanship, I learned it from videos.
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We have the British motor industry as a role model for what happens when you try to save an industrial dinosaur. Britain was the first country to industrialise and the first to de-industrialise. We should learn from this.
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On behalf of all Americans, I would like to congratulate Michelle Smith on her dedication and determination which have made her a wonderful role model for all young athletes in Ireland and around the world.
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I don’t have to worry about being a good role model.
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I never set out to be a role model, but I guess parents like it because I am dedicated to school.
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Not every artist is a role model.
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But I don’t really see myself as a role model. I’m not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored!
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My life has definitely changed since ‘Modern Family.’ The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!
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I take being a role model very seriously.
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And to this day, my Mom is my role model.
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I don’t know how many roles I can ask my dad to play in my life, but so far, father, best friend, role model, mentor and grandfather to my children are working out quite well.
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Every time I look at both of my children, I see a future which is very bright for them, and I recognize that I need to be a role model. If they see me as someone who can achieve whatever I want, I believe that they will follow in my footsteps, and that is something that I strive for every single day.
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A lot of times, I get asked, ‘Do you feel you have a responsibility to young girls to be a role model?’ I don’t see that happening as much to guys. I feel like, just because I’m a girl, I’m supposed to take more responsibility? Is that how it works?
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I believe in recovery, and I believe that as a role model I have the responsibility to let young people know that you can make a mistake and come back from it.
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Playing with Wayne Rooney was a dream come true. He’s a legend and a role model to me.
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Balotelli is not my role model. I like him as a player very much, and he is very talented. He could have been at the very top, but my style does not have anything with him.
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Hopefully, I can be a good role model for kids, and they can grow up to follow their dreams just like I am.
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I wanted to be my’self and I wanted the play’ers to take pride in ev’ery’thing they did. We rep’resent the Pitts’burgh Steel’ers but we also rep’resent the city of Pitts’burgh. You’re a leader and a role model, whether you want to be or not.
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I definitely consider myself a role model.
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Frank was an example throughout my career at Chelsea, and throughout my career as a midfielder. When it comes to scoring goals as a midfielder, you look at Frank Lampard as a role model.
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I stay away from the title of ‘role model.’ I want to be a more realistic role model – not a perfect Barbie role model.
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I think I just want to focus on being the best player that I can be and being the best role model that I can be by just doing all the right things, not just for black kids or kids from different backgrounds, but for all kids who play the game. You want them to look at you in a positive light.
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I know that I’ll end up being a role model for many, many people out there for all kinds of reasons.
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I know in Australia I have a lot of girls that look up to me and they send me messages on my Facebook and stuff, which is always lovely, and I think of myself as a really good role model.
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I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.
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Carl Lewis was definitely a role model.
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Everybody should be able to enjoy their life, because you only live once. So I just want to get it all out there and be the best role model that I can be, if people want to put me in that kind of predicament. I mean, I didn’t ask to be a role model, because I’m not perfect.
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It’s really difficult seeing your role model or your parent cry.
