Henning Mankell

I still have a photo on my wall of the greatest idol I will ever have in my life, and it's myself at eight. Because that's when the forces of imagination have the same value as the real world, when they're an instrument of survival: when my mother disappeared, and I imagined a mother. That was me at my best.

Swedish Writer

Pope John Paul II

The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.

Polish Saint

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

The year after my father died, I started football training. He was the drive for me; he was my idol. I said to myself, 'I have to run just like him. I have to shoot just like him.

Armenian Athlete

Miranda Lambert

I think I find new idols every day - someone that says something really inspiring, is successful, has character.

American Musician

Freddie Prinze, Jr.

People who have seen my movies don't look at me like an idol. They just give me a lot of love and respect.

American Actor

Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

The star system, the idol, the cult of personality is not the only way to be in entertainment.

Giorgio Chiellini

Our role, to be an idol, is very important. Kids follow everything we say and we do.

Italian Athlete

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Being a teen idol is what I've waited for my whole life.

American Actress

Shaun Cassidy

I was a teen idol and that has a short shelf life.

Gabriel Jesus

I have two idols in my life - God and my mum.

Brazilian Athlete

Used to express admiration and often implies that the person has accomplished something significant.

Positive Emotion

Commonly refers to pop stars or celebrities adored by the public, especially by younger audiences.

Pop Culture

Use it to refer to figures or objects in religious ceremonies or contexts that are venerated.

Worship Context

Be mindful of different religious practices; what may be an idol in one could be taboo in another.

Cultural Sensitivity

Indicates someone with a significant influence or trendsetter status, especially among young people.

Influence and Trend

Often seen in media and entertainment news, describing a person celebrated for their work in the industry.

Media Use

Historically used to express a warning about misplaced adoration or deceptive leaders.

Cautionary Use

Can be used in discussions about historical events where people were misled by charismatic figures.

Lesson from History

 but they've never only been limited to human beings. There are, for example, there are many legal persons who are not even alive. In the United States, we're aware of the fact that corporations are legal persons. In pre-independence India, a court held that a Hindu idol was a legal person, that a mosque was a legal person.

Chimps have feelings and...

 this problem with a focus with an effort that actually says we're gonna go to zero before the world ends I actually share that with some legislators here in the US I shared it with with a gentleman called Bobby Kennedy Jr who's one of my idols and I told him one of the reasons

A new ecosystem for...

 thinking it encourages us to find our own voice and to follow our passion yet there's pervasive pressures all around us encouraging us to conform to follow the same secular idols to care about the same celebrities to watch the same television shows and movies we are

Jason Silva on Peer...

 around the world that combine pain and danger with celebration singing joy and so forth the objects chosen by the scapegoats for piercing are symbolic of the weapons held by these Chinese idols

They Impaled Themselves...

 I got to walk the red carpet flanked by soap diva Susan Lucci and the iconic Loreen Arbus. I got to act in a movie with Adam Sandler and work with my idol, the amazing Dave Matthews.

I got 99 problems......

 some birds are better at hunting than others and this male clearly isn't the best he was her mate last year as well could his idol nature be the reason why last year's clutch failed

Falcon Chicks Fight for...

 it brings me so much joy Valene on a well put a view that is of people but their idols they just killed them because of only haunts and if you look at for any phones

Meet the Heroes Who...

 you look at it this is called globalization Thomas Friedman in his book idols the world is flat he talked about today's globalized shanell third generation it is

Globalizing communication...

 For as long as I can remember, I have felt a very deep connection to animals and to the ocean. And at this age, my personal idol was Flipper the dolphin.

Dyan deNapoli: The great...

 my idol was my grandfather i tried to emulate him he was low-key tried to be thorough he was modest and i um i admired those traits

Idol