Who or what had the largest impact on the person you are today?

Is there a person or event that plays or played a huge role in shaping who you are?

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Not one single person: throughout my life I would have to say my father, a Freudian-influenced Child Psychiatrist, who was one of the most rational people I have ever encountered - but sometimes wrong because of his own personality flaws; various teachers at Prep School and Grammar School, and my Philosophy tutor, Dave McGregor, while I was doing my degree in Sociology; my former boss, John Bolton, who taught me how to make cocktails, and the cooking concept of [i][b]"mise-en-place"[/b][/i] - proper preparation is key to everything you attempt in life.