The 100 Most Influential People

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Start with Artists section, with sampling

Charlize Theron

http://time.com/4299681/charlize-theron-2016-time-100/

Straight talker on HIV prevention

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A lot of celebrities know how to raise awareness. Charlize Theron is different. First, she is deeply, deeply involved in the actual work of her foundation, the Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project; for the past nine years she has spent a lot of time in southern Africa with young people, helping them protect themselves from HIV. Second, she’s incredibly results-oriented and knows her programs really well. And third—and this is what makes her particularly effective with people who can make stuff happen—she’s not afraid to say what’s on her mind. I’ve never met anyone who holds less back.

 

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Ariana Grande

Never underestimate her

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You’re going to be underestimated, you know. That’s how this goes, especially when you start young. Underestimated because you’re a girl, for one thing. Because you’re short and cute. Because you’re a child actor. Because you’re on Nickelodeon. Because you’re a white girl who wants to sing R&B. Because you wear cat ears and lingerie. Because you’re dating an actor, dating a boy-band singer, dating a rapper. You’re going to be underestimated.

http://time.com/4299766/ariana-grande-2016-time-100/

 

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Guo Pei

China’s hautest couturier

Guo Pei was launched into the international spotlight last May after dressing Rihanna for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute gala, but some of us have been well aware of her exquisite talent for a long time. She already had fame in China, where she has dressed celebrities for over 20 years.

http://time.com/4299994/guo-pei-2016-time-100/

 

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Melissa McCarthy

Seriously funny

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I had never seen Melissa McCarthy before she auditioned for Bridesmaids. She came in toward the end of the casting process, and at first I couldn’t even tell if what she was doing was funny because it was so different from what any other actor had done. But within about 15 seconds, I found myself laughing hysterically while marveling at the inventiveness I was witnessing. And this has been my experience with her for the past five years.

http://time.com/4299845/melissa-mccarthy-2016-time-100/

 

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Throw in bollywood ah neh into fray

Priyanka Chopra

A star rising higher

Before ever meeting Priyanka Chopra, I had heard her name coming out of Bollywood and was impressed: she was beautiful, talented, had made nearly 50 movies, earned multiple awards—a massive star. When we connected around the time she startedQuantico, we immediately hit it off. She has drive, ambition, self-respect, and she knows there’s no substitute for hard work. We always quote the saying “Wear your success like a T-shirt, not like a tuxedo,” and she really does—as big a star as she is, as global as she is, as beautiful as she is, there’s this interesting quality of relatability.

http://time.com/4299686/priyanka-chopra-2016-time-100/

 

[Leongsam]

Never heard of most of them so how can they be influential??

 

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Icons section.

Adele

International treasure
Adele and I met at the Oscars in 2013. I remember sneaking backstage while she performed “Skyfall,” trying to squeeze a ball gown past a pile of ropes and cables just to get a little closer. See her from another angle as if to peek behind the Great Oz’s curtain. I had been a fan of hers since “Chasing Pavements” (saying “fan” about Adele always sounds like an understatement, doesn’t it?). Then when 21 came out, mine and billions of other lives were—not to sound dramatic—changed. Suddenly there were words to that before-indescribable pain, frustration, sadness, then revolution that all comes from a breakup. I felt understood, I felt stronger, and above all, I hadn’t sung in front of a mirror with a hairbrush since Destiny’s Child.

http://time.com/4298223/adele-2016-time-100/

 

[Leongsam]

Icons section.

Adele

You have to be kidding. She sounds awful.

 

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Karlie Kloss

The model millennial

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Karlie Kloss is the epitome of the ideal American millennial woman. Since being discovered at 13, she has become a major model and a 34-time Vogue cover girl. I’ve worked with her on many campaigns, as I love her personality and the fact that she is her own woman. In spite of becoming financially independent at a very young age, Karlie continues to study and improve herself while remaining very close to her family in St. Louis.

http://time.com/4298229/karlie-kloss-2016-time-100/

 

[Leongsam]

Karlie Kloss

Never heard of her.

 

[Leongsam]

If Ho Ching and LHL are not on this list it's not worth shit.

 

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Never heard of most of them so how can they be influential??

Boss, perhaps you are out of touch? :p

Think you shd know of this, from your neck of woods? :p

Diff section Leaders (not got round to it yet)

Aung San Suu Kyi

A beacon of hope

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Welcoming her into the Oval Office, I was struck immediately by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s quiet dignity. She’s soft-spoken, but is driven by a fierce determination—fortified by 15 years of house arrest—to bring democracy to her beloved Burma. Visiting her at her simple home in Rangoon two months later, I saw where The Lady had sustained herself by studying Buddhist teachings on love and compassion

http://time.com/4302332/aung-san-suu-kyi-2016-time-100/

 

[jw5]

Never heard of most of them so how can they be influential??

You never heard of Charlize Theron?

 

[Leongsam]

You never heard of Charlize Theron?

I have heard of her but she has had no influence on me or anyone that I know. She's an actress. She has invented nothing, changed nothing and pioneered absolutely nothing.

"Influential" means you have changed or redefined something in the world.. eg Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, LKY, Beatles, Mohd Ali, Dick Fosbury etc.

 

[Leongsam]

You can even add Grace Quek to the list for pioneering marathon Gang Bangs.

 

[jw5]

I have heard of her but she has had no influence on me or anyone that I know. She's an actress. She has invented nothing, changed nothing and pioneered absolutely nothing.

"Influential" means you have changed or redefined something in the world.. eg Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, LKY, Beatles, Mohd Ali, Dick Fosbury etc.

Couple Of Points:

1. There are 100 influential people, so don't worry, those names you cited should get a mention later in this thread.

2. If not for Dick Fosbury, the pole vault would never have been invented.

 

[Leongsam]

Couple Of Points:

1. There are 100 influential people, so don't worry, those names you cited should get a mention later in this thread.

2. If not for Dick Fosbury, the pole vault would never have been invented.

I most certainly hope so but I'm saying that those mention so far shouldn't be on the list.

Dick Fosbury invented the Fosbury flop and redefined the high jump forever.

 

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"Influential" means you have changed or redefined something in the world.. eg Steve Jobs, Nelson Mandela, LKY, Beatles, Mohd Ali, Dick Fosbury etc.

You can even add Grace Quek to the list for pioneering marathon Gang Bangs.

Before Sam gets (more) wayward thoughts :p

Leaders segment

Xi Jinping

Heir of Mao

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Xi Jinping has made himself the most powerful Chinese leader since Mao Zedong.
Appointed party general secretary and head of the party’s military-affairs commission,
he has added the chairmanships of important new committees on the economy and national security.
He permits a cult of personality, with songs written to “Uncle” Xi,
and a book of his writings on governance is being distributed widely at home and abroad.
He has terrified party members with a relentless anticorruption campaign, to the apparent delight of the man in the street.

http://time.com/4302091/xi-jinping-2016-time-100/​

 

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The Kraut

Angela Merkel

A leader who acts

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During the Holocaust, infant Pierre Sauvage was hidden by a French family.
Years later, as a filmmaker, he interviewed the villagers who hid—and saved—some 5,000 Jews (including himself) from the Nazis.
Sauvage drew this memorable conclusion: “People who agonize don’t act. People who act don’t agonize.”

http://time.com/4301295/angela-merkel-2016-time-100/

 

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Trump included in Leaders segment :p

Donald Trump

The rule breaker

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To expect Donald Trump to conform to the “norms” of business and politics is like expecting a square peg to fit in a round hole. It’s just not going to happen. Trump has been a force of nature in business and politics for decades because he isn’t afraid to challenge the norms set by status quo leaders.

http://time.com/4302104/donald-trump-2016-time-100/