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Idols And Inspirations

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! Name !! Image !! Birth–Death !! Description !! Quote
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| Sir Christopher Wren || [[File:Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller 1711.jpg|100px]] || 1632–1723 || British architect, built over one-hundred buildings in Britain || “Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you.”
| [[Christopher Wren|Sir Christopher Wren]] || [[File:Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller 1711.jpg|100px]] || 1632–1723 || British architect, built over one-hundred buildings in Britain || “Reader, if you seek his monument, look around you.”
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| Franz Kafka || [[File:Franz Kafka, 1923.jpg|100px]] || 1883–1924 || Austrian & Czech novelist || “A writer who does not write is a monster courting insanity”
| [[Franz Kafka]] || [[File:Franz Kafka, 1923.jpg|100px]] || 1883–1924 || Austrian & Czech novelist || “A writer who does not write is a monster courting insanity”
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| Charles Dickens || [[File:Charles Dickens 1867.jpg|100px]] || 1812–1870 || Legendary British writer and novelist || “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another”
| [[Charles Dickens]] || [[File:Charles Dickens 1867.jpg|100px]] || 1812–1870 || Legendary British writer and novelist || “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another”
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| Ivan Pavlov || [[File:Ivan Pavlov NLM2.jpg|100px]] || 1849–1936 || Russian scientist || “Don't become a mere recorder of facts. Try to penetrate the mystery of their origin”
| [[Ivan Pavlov]] || [[File:Ivan Pavlov NLM2.jpg|100px]] || 1849–1936 || Russian scientist || “Don't become a mere recorder of facts. Try to penetrate the mystery of their origin”
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| Sir Arthur Conan Doyle || [[File:Arthur Conan Doyle by Walter Benington, 1914.png|100px]] || 1859–1930 || British novelist, creator of Sherlock Holmes || “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact”
| [[Arthur Conan Doyle|Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] || [[File:Arthur Conan Doyle by Walter Benington, 1914.png|100px]] || 1859–1930 || British novelist, creator of Sherlock Holmes || “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact”
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| Scott Joplin || [[File:Scott Joplin in 1912.jpg|100px]] || 1868–1917 || American pianist || “Boy, when I'm dead 25 years, people are going to begin to recognize me!”
| [[Scott Joplin]] || [[File:Scott Joplin in 1912.jpg|100px]] || 1868–1917 || American pianist || “Boy, when I'm dead 25 years, people are going to begin to recognize me!”
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| Bram Stoker || [[File:Bram Stoker 1906.jpg|100px]] || 1847–1912 || Irish novelist and poet, creator of Dracula || “We learn from failure, not from success”
| [[Bram Stoker]] || [[File:Bram Stoker 1906.jpg|100px]] || 1847–1912 || Irish novelist and poet, creator of Dracula || “We learn from failure, not from success”
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| Chuck Norris || [[File:Chuck Norris, The Delta Force 1986 - downsampled.jpg|100px]] || 1940– || Martial artist and actor || “Good morals lead to good laws”
| [[Chuck Norris]] || [[File:Chuck Norris, The Delta Force 1986 - downsampled.jpg|100px]] || 1940– || Martial artist and actor || “Good morals lead to good laws”
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| Bruce Lee || [[File:Bruce Lee 1973.jpg|100px]] || 1940–1973 || Martial artist and actor || “The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering”
| [[Bruce Lee]] || [[File:Bruce Lee 1973.jpg|100px]] || 1940–1973 || Martial artist and actor || “The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering”
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| James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington || [[File:Lord Woolavington, prop(riétaire de chevaux de course) - btv1b53170514r.jpg|100px]] || 1849–1935 || Racehorse trainer || “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well”
| [[James Buchanan, 1st Baron Woolavington]] || [[File:Lord Woolavington, prop(riétaire de chevaux de course) - btv1b53170514r.jpg|100px]] || 1849–1935 || Racehorse trainer || “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well”
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| Henry Ford || [[File:Henry Ford 1919.jpg|100px]] || 1863–1947 || American businessman || “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently”
| [[Henry Ford]] || [[File:Henry Ford 1919.jpg|100px]] || 1863–1947 || American businessman || “Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently”
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| Lord Kitchener || [[File:Horatio Herbert Kitchener (cropped).jpg|100px]] || 1850–1916 || British colonist and military leader || “The British Empire is a great deal more than a name; it is a reality”
| [[Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|Lord Kitchener]] || [[File:Horatio Herbert Kitchener (cropped).jpg|100px]] || 1850–1916 || British colonist and military leader || “The British Empire is a great deal more than a name; it is a reality”
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| Cecil Rhodes || [[File:Cecil John Rhodes by W and D Downey.jpg|100px]] || 1853–1902 || British political figure and colonist || “To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life”
| [[Cecil Rhodes]] || [[File:Cecil John Rhodes by W and D Downey.jpg|100px]] || 1853–1902 || British political figure and colonist || “To be born English is to win first prize in the lottery of life”
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| Bernard Law Montgomery || [[File:General Sir Bernard Montgomery in England, 1943 TR1036.jpg|100px]] || 1887–1976 || British war veteran || “The great point to remember is that we are going to fight and so kill the Germans... It is a binary choice: kill or be killed”
| [[Bernard Montgomery|Bernard Law Montgomery]] || [[File:General Sir Bernard Montgomery in England, 1943 TR1036.jpg|100px]] || 1887–1976 || British war veteran || “The great point to remember is that we are going to fight and so kill the Germans... It is a binary choice: kill or be killed”
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| Pope John XXIII || [[File:Ioannes XXIII, by De Agostini, 1958–1963.jpg|100px]] || 1881–1963 || Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City || “Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage”
| ''[[List_of_canonised_popes|Pope Saint]]'' [[Pope John XXIII|John XXIII]] || [[File:Ioannes XXIII, by De Agostini, 1958–1963.jpg|100px]] || 1881–1963 || Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City || “Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage”
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