Creativity, ideas, people, love, life, popular culture, religion, philosophy, virtue, altruism, hockey, soccer, guitar, music, film, books.
God. Honest people.
Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, Radiohead, Do Make Say Think, Menomena, M83, Junior Boys, Mono, Okkervil River, Sparklehorse, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, Pink Floyd, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Built to Spill, My Morning Jacket, The National, etc.
Waking Life, Office Space, Magnolia, Lost in Translation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Army of Darkness, The Princess Bride, Pan's Labyrinth, etc.
Arrested Development, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Firefly, Seinfeld, Simpsons, Dead Like Me, Scrubs, Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, etc.
Chronicles of Narnia, Ishmael, The Hobbit, Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Life of Pi, A Scanner Darkly. Always up for recommendations.
Anyone who can inspire, overcome difficult odds, and work towards the good. (whatever that means)