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    I'm my own hero.

    Well, if I must. Napolean ranks highly, as does Alexander. Augustus I respect more than Julius. Several others as well - Sertorius in Spain was amusing, Aetius, Belisarius - I could go on and on.
    NapoleOn ranks so high up your *** that it made you crazy you prolly were screaming AAAH cuz you misspelled his name

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    Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, Viscount of Talavera, Duke of Vittoria, Count of Ciudad Rodrigo and Commander-in-Chief of all of His Britannic Majesty's Forces in the Peninsular, is my military hero.
    Damn, you got their before me. Although Admiral Lord Adam Duncan 1st Viscount Camperdown, Admiral Lord Nelson, Earl of Cardigan, Lord Kitchener, and Earl Haig also come close.
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    Vlad the Impailer.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Emperor Umeu 1
    NapoleOn ranks so high up your *** that it made you crazy you prolly were screaming AAAH cuz you misspelled his name
    You got me, but as I say - these chaps come way behind me on my list...
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    Erich Von Manstein - An amazing general. He told Hitler off to his face. He also managed to remain a gentleman in the highest Prussian sense.

    Jimmy Page - Best guitarist in the history of man. Amazing musician as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PanzerJager

    Jimmy Page - Best guitarist in the history of man. Amazing musician as well.
    Interesting. I'm curious how you can find one exclusive of the other.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Beirut
    Interesting. I'm curious how you can find one exclusive of the other.
    I will conjecture an explanation for it:

    Being a good guitarrist means he can play the instrument with skill, not necesarily create good music(i mean, written music).

    So, it might be valid to find the guitarist from the musician, because it could be a distinction between execution and creation-If you rush me, i would even compare this with obeying and commanding-. Its not that strange to find good executers that are not so good at creating.

    Well, at least thats how i get it

    Edit: Almost forgot!! my hero: Leonardo da Vinci
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    ...double post, never mind this...
    Proud member of the Cavarly Association of Commanders
    From MTW:Turks, Egyptians to MTW2: Turks again!. Passing through RTW: Scythia, Sarmatia/Baktria(this was in RTR, right?) and BI: Sarmatia, again!
    What?? Sign above the dotted line?? of course!

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    Hero??

    Albert Einstein was a pretty cool guy
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    This is my favorite hero




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    Nice and fun thread, Clayton. not one to be closed.

    my hero is 'Mimesaka Akechi'. known at the .org as 'Sasaki Kojiro'. Just because he's the best S:TW/WE MP diehard there is. he's far better then me and I really admire him for his skill in battle.
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    Interesting. I'm curious how you can find one exclusive of the other.
    Betito got it. There are plenty of excellent guitarists who arent so great at writing and organizing new material - Stevie Ray Vauhagn comes to mind.

    Page produced much of Led Zeppelin's work as well as played the amazing guitar solos and such.

    Maybe musician wasnt the right word.. composer? producer?

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    I knew this would be popular! Cheers to everyone who posted and will post.

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    The man the legend ...
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    Who is that?! Cheers!

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    I reckon Saunders Lewis.
    and my great grandfather.
    and George Dunbar IXth Earl of March.

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    Ernest Shackleton

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    The ordinary American Soldier



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    I don't really believe in 'hero's as such, but there are certainly people through history I greatly admire.

    Napoleon and Sartre being top of the list. Great, great men.
    GARCIN: I "dreamt," you say. It was no dream. When I chose the hardest path, I made my choice deliberately. A man is what he wills himself to be.
    INEZ: Prove it. Prove it was no dream. It's what one does, and nothing else, that shows the stuff one's made of.
    GARCIN: I died too soon. I wasn't allowed time to - to do my deeds.
    INEZ: One always dies too soon - or too late. And yet one's whole life is complete at that moment, with a line drawn neatly under it, ready for the summing up. You are - your life, and nothing else.

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    Obelix.
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    Idefix

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    Quote Originally Posted by clayton ballentine
    I knew this would be popular!
    correct! it is a fun thread

    cheers!
    - Chu - Gi - Makoto - Rei - Jin - Yu - Meiyo -

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    Druss the legend, captain of the axe!
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    Good shout on Druss, i'd have to have Slaine there as well.

    Edward the third is one King above all i hold in high esteem. Acting heros are Christopher Walken and Gary Oldman, truely great actors of anyones generation.

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    My heroes:

    Takeda Shingen
    King Edward I Longshanks
    Basileos Constantinos XIII Dragases and Basileos Justinian I
    Tracy McGrady
    Ja mata, TosaInu. You will forever be remembered.

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    Roland, hero of Roncevaux. I wonder if anyone can guess why.......
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    My hero would be King Leonidas of Sparta.Man who lead those 300 hundred Spartans at Thermopylai.This guy didnt back down.
    Ja Mata Tosainu Sama.

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    mabe this is not going to be as popular as i thought

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    MacBeth king of Scotland (the real guy not the Shakespear version)
    Oda Nobunaga
    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus
    Lt. General Sir Aurther Curry
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    Captain Sigurdur "Iceman" Petursson...

    Fought a shark to land and murdered it with his knife.
    Cowardice is to run from the fear;
    Bravery is not to never feel the fear.
    Bravery is to be terrified as hell;
    But to hold the line anyway.

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