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What historical figure has had the most profound effect on your life?
There are few axioms as true as this:
"Those who do not learn their history are doomed to repeat it."
With apologies to Gertrude Stein (who may well turn up in the answers to this question), the query today begs the answer of your most beloved historical figure. Whose life, example, circumstances, or simple panache has made them your idol? Fond of FDR? Gaga for Gauguin? Do you refer to William the Conqueror as 'good old Billy?' Do you know Lucretia Borgia's recipe for soup? Do you know why ELSE Catherine was great??? Tell us!
For me, I have always found the strength and resolve of Harriet Tubman to be inspirational. I find guidance in the examples of Irving Berlin, John Churchill Chase, Mary Martin, and Moss Hart.
17 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Vince Lombardi, George Patton all the men that died at the alamo
Source(s): The Bean Soup is a traditional Tuscan dish, and its origins are unknown. For as far as it's known, the Tuscan bean soup is a country dish, born back at the time when Tuscan people had very little to eat but few inexpensive things the fields would give them (the left over from what the land owners would get from them). In essence the Tuscan bean soup is a very simple dish, but for this reason extremely healthy. I advice not to experiment too much with spices or other ingredients, as beans have a delicate taste when cooked in the soup, and you may miss the taste that makes the Tuscan bean soup so special. Ok, enough of this, and here is the true and original recipe for the true Tuscan Bean Soup: Recipe for 4 people: 3 spoonfulls of olive oil, one onion, two cloves of garlic, one carrot, two sticks of celery, two fresh diced tomatoes (1 cup and 1/4), some sage leaves, fresh beans (2 cups and 1/2), some rosemary. If you add fried Tuscan bread crutons you will toucg the heaven! Salt as needed. Slice the onion, the carrots, the garlic and chop the celery , then set them on a slow flame on the range with the olive oil. They should fry slowly and gently. After some mnutes add the fresh tomatoes and some leaf of sage altogether with the beans. Add a quarter of water and set it to boil. Then lower the flame and cook for 45 minutes. Once the beans are cooked, get half of them and pass them in the vegetable strainer, then put them back in the pot. To give more flavour and aroma to your Tuscan bean soup add one spoonfull of oil, one clove of garlic, and some fresh rosemary. Salt to taste. - 1 decade ago
George S. Patton Jr.-General, Warrior, Poet, Scholar
Ronald Reagan-Greatest American President since TR
Theodore Roosevelt-Outdoorsman, Soldier, Peacemaker
- 1 decade ago
Empress Catherine the Great- In an age which really maligned women she went her own way and succesfully ruled an empire without an emperor. She brought the age of enlightenment to Russia and transformed it from a backward thinking country into a world power.
- 1 decade ago
Thomas Alva Edison as an example of determination and will applied to creatively bettering the human condition.
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- .Lv 51 decade ago
Marie Antoinette. When reading about her, I learned how nice she was. Before reading about her, I thought she was a tyrant. It made me re-study all the historical "facts" I had ever known. I discovered there are a lot of myths and half-truths out there.
- KatsLv 51 decade ago
Jesus for me. And yes, he is a historical figure. Whether or not he was the son of God will always be debated, but historians generally agree - by large majority- that he was real.
- The Prez.Lv 41 decade ago
Well for me it would be Benjamin Franklin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Nikola Tesla. Three of the greatest figures who ever lived!
- BigK1118Lv 41 decade ago
Harry Truman because he took a direct approach to solving problems. "The buck stops here."