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My heroes:
Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 - April 14, 1964)
American marine biologist and nature writer whose writings are credited with advancing the global Environmental movement. Author of 'Silent Spring'.
Alfred Russel Wallace (January 8, 1823 - November 7 1913)
"at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong. Let us seek out the wrong thing, and fearlessly put it right; and we shall then find that man is not so completely out of harmony with the universe in which he exists that thousands must starve in the midst of plenty, and that the actual producers of wealth in the wealthiest country in the world must continue to live without enjoying a fair and adequate share of the wealth which they create"
Isaac Newton (December 25, 1642 [1643, New Style] - March 20, 1727)
"If I have been able to see further, it was only because I stood on the shoulders of giants."
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
"Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)
"This is preeminently a time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
Sylvia Pankhurst (1882 - 1960)
Niels Henrik David Bohr (October 7, 1885 - November 18, 1962)
Paul Robeson [April 9, 1989 - January 23, 1976]
"The artist must elect to fight for freedom or slavery. I have made my choice. I had no alternative."
Linus Carl Pauling (February 28, 1901 - 1994 )
The only person ever to win two undivided Nobel prizes. (Chemistry 1954 and Peace, 1962)
"I have said that my ethical principles have caused me to reach the conclusion that the evil of war should be abolished; but my conclusion that war must be abolished if the human race is to survive is based not on ethical principles but on my thorough and careful analysis, in relation to international affairs, of the facts about the changes that have taken place in the world during recent years, especially with respect to the nature of war."
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandella (July 18, 1918 - )
"...make every home, every shack or rickety structure a centre of learning"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
"When the architects of our Republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir,"
Dr. Henry Morgentaler [1923 - ]
"I believe that the most significant beneficial change in the twentieth
century—a century marked by genocide and conflict—has been the rise of the
feminist movement, the drive by women to remove the shackles of oppression
imposed by patriarchal societies and to achieve emancipation, equality, and
dignity."
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(I am very proud to have met Dr. Morgentaler.)
Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland (20 April 1939 - )
Former Prime Minister of Norway, former chair of the World Commission of Environment and Development (the Brundtland Commission), Director-General of the World Health Organization.
Muhammud Ali (January 17, 1942 - )
Stripped of title in 1967 after conviction for refusing induction into U.S. Army; verdict reversed by Supreme Court in 1971.
"I don't have to be what you want me to be; I'm free to be what I want."
Marion Dewar
Former mayor of Ottawa
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Ingemar Stenmark (March 18, 1956 - )
3-time World Cup overall champ (1976-78); posted 86 World Cup wins in 16 years; won 2 gold medals at 1980 Olympics.
Annemarie Moser-Proel (March 27, 1953 - )
Won a total of 62 World Cup events as well as six Overall trophies.
May 23 , 2008
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