Who has made the most impact in your life? How did they do this?
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Jesus Christ\nBecause of Him, I do so many things in life I never did before or would have dared to do.\nI've been given the chance to move on -with a family and children-and faith to do what is right as a wife and mother\nand daugther of God.\n:)
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My husband.\n\nHe was raised as a Catholic. During his teen years, he decided God did not exist and he held to that for years. Then he met Jesus personally and his life was completely changed. He has never been the same since. :)
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Don't focus simply on your own academic success or run of the mill volunteer work. Firstly, ask yourself who benefited most from something you did? Did they tell you how great they felt, or how your help somehow turned their life around or helped them through a bad patch? \n\nFocus on others; helping someone else is always a great achievement.
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I don't know about intelligence but I'd say Bill Gates has made the biggest impact
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what motivated them, what were their goals and how did they achieve them
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Gandhiji's teachings are very influential on my life. Mahatma Gandhi and Mother Teresa are two of my most admired heros (and yes I'm aware they came from two different religions...yet they seemed remarkable the same with regards to social justice and religious tolerance) as is Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. I know many of my friends are also somewhat influenced by Gandhiji, some more than others. The way I conduct my life is largely influenced by the teachings and perspectives that those I admire most have shared with the world.
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My mom! she saved my life awhole lot of times.
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There are so many of them.  I'd like to shake the hand of Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, and find out first-hand what that experience was like.\n\nAnother who lived in my lifetime was John F. Kennedy.  He inspired us to ask what we can do for our country, and not just expect our country to do everything for us.\n\nIf I could pick any one person from history, it would have to be Jesus of Nazareth.  He single-handedly did more to change the course of human history than any other person.  We even number our years after him!
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someone you admire most
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My father. He gave me a good work ethic and taught me to never expect anything and appreciate everything.
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My parents were negative influences.  They fought all the time and my dad would beat my mother up.   (later in life, I stopped him with a knife to his hand)  My mom's idea of retaliation was to cheat on him with several other men.  I was brought up in an angry home, and I was an angry person for many years.  The positive influence in my life is Jesus.  I'm still not the way I'd like to be, but my belief in him keeps me pretty much in line.
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When your time on earth is over, to the extent that people remember you fondly, and are changed for having known you, you have made a difference.  I rest all of my hopes on the upbringing of my children.  If I am a good father, and I believe I am, my children will be positively affected throughout their lives by the values I have taught and the examples I have provided.  I also try to do so through various mentorship programs for those whose reality would be darker but for my involvement.  I am satisfied that my involvement in all of these people's lives will have made a difference, and that they are better off having known me than they would have been otherwise.
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The person that inspires me the most is Dr.Kiran Bedi.\nShe is the 1st lady IPS of india she has done that which an indian can only dream of ,making world a little better
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People, just like you and me. We all change the world.  It could be a simple smile given to a lonely person, or a crazy thing we say to someone on Yahoo.  Something can strike a chord that makes the difference.  \n\nIn your life who has made the difference to you?  Follow their lead.
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My best friend, Steffani, who has been there for me for the last 30 years.\n\nMy fiance, Arafel, who is now gone from this Earth, but the short time we shared together she gave me a life full of memories that I will always cherish.
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My father.\n\nNot just because he's my dad. He'd give you the shirt off of his back and never think twice about it.  He never hit or beat us as kids (and sometimes I sure had it coming) He wouldn't yell either (The only time he would yell is if we talked back to my mom, Then the loud booming Dad voice came out that made our hearts stop and we all just froze) He would just give you this look, that you disappointed him and after that sunk in you wish he would have hit you.  He's honest, loyal, caring, rock strong and incredibly stubborn. I can count on one hand the times he didn't go to work.  One of them was when he had triple bypass. (He had a heart attack at the kitchen table, and my mom practically had to sit on him to keep him from going to work.)\n\nFor years I tried to figure out my dads secret.  How he could work and work and work and do everything else he did. How after his heart attack he could still out work me and I'm no wimp.  He'd just keep going like the energizer bunny.\nI finally figured it out, he's a man of great faith and that's what makes him so strong.\n\nEven if he wasn't my dad I'd love and admire the guy.
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Make someone else's life better because of my existence.