Hero Quotes - Page 38

• We Americans are hard on almost everything. We are hard on our vehicles, our marriages and our heroes. Mostly, however, we are hard on ourselves.

  Henry Rollins

  Vehicle, Hard

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• The notion of the hero as outsider, as alien, is forget it, over, done with. It's not about being against society anymore. It's about standing there, holding something up. It's not pulling away.

  Twyla Tharp

  Outsiders, Pulling Away, Done

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• In the Indian film industry, especially those of us who are in mainstream cinema, we invariably play a typical hero's role. More often than not, we cater to the public perception. However, there is a latent desire in most actors to do a role where you can go all out and experiment.

  Abhishek Bachchan

  Play, Perception, Desire

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• Selling wine is all about sizing people up, and it takes a certain amount of chutzpah. The tableside bottle sell is a very funny thing - you take a look at the guy's blazer, what kind of shoes he's wearing, what kind of broad he's with. Is he trying to be a hero?

  Joe Bastianich

  Wine, Funny Things, Shoes

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• Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.

  F. Scott Fitzgerald

  Writing, Thinking, Tragedy

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• The heroes and discoverers have found true more than was previously believed, only when they were expecting and dreaming of something more than their contemporaries dreamed of, or even themselves discovered, that is, when they were in a frame of mind fitted to behold the truth. Referred to the world's standard, they are always insane. Even savages have indirectly surmised as much.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Dream, Discovery, Mind

  Henry David Thoreau (1866). “Cape Cod”, p.110

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• John Kerry speaks French fluently. Democrats are saying he's one in a million. A war hero who speaks French, isn't it more like one in a trillion?

  Jay Leno

  War, Speaks French, Democracy

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• An adult western is where the hero still kisses his horse at the end, only now he worries about it.

  Milton Berle

  Horse, Kissing, Worry

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think of me as a mini-folk hero because it's difficult for them to believe a man of my age is sexually active.

  Bob Newhart

  Sex, Father, Believe

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.

  Aneurin Bevan

  People, Needs

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• They fled. The American louts fled. Indeed, concerning the fighting waged by the heroes of the Arab Socialist Baath Party yesterday, one amazing thing really is the cowardice of the American soldiers. we had not anticipated this.

  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf

  Party, Fighting, Yesterday

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• I'm very wary of fawning too much over heroes. There's an old adage that heroes are best kept at arm's length, and in a few instances in my life, that's been true.

  W. Earl Brown

  Arms, Too Much, Length

  Source: collider.com

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• I can remember only a small handful of instances in which I talked about politics with my parents. I remember my parents telling me that Daniel Ellsberg was a hero when I was six years old.

  John Kiriakou

  Years, Parent, Six Year Olds

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I've always been way more attracted to playing imposing characters than the hero. I've always been more intrigued by Iago in Shakespeare than playing Romeo. That was always boring to me.

  Kevin Durand

  Character, Way, Boring

  Source: collider.com

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• I love female heroes too and would love to bring many more to the big screen in the future.

  Kevin Feige

  Female, Bigs, Screens

  Source: collider.com

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• There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him, like a hero. And then there's a large group who say, 'We know that all these murders and atrocities occurred, but he did all these great things.'

  Forest Whitaker

  Hate, Uganda, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• There must be no fear, no begging, but demanding - demanding the Highest. The true devotees of the Mother are as hard, as adamant and as fearless as lions. They are not in the least upset if the whole universe suddenly crumbles into dust at their feet. Make Her listen to you. None of that cringing to Mother! Remember, She is all-powerful; She can make heroes out of stones.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Mother, Powerful, Dust

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• I'm always interested in getting to know people, and that means vilified people as much as those celebrated. You find out that heroes aren't always so heroic, and villains have some bit of humanity in them.

  Dustin Lance Black

  Mean, People, Humanity

  Interview with Oliver Stone, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 17, 2010.

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• 50 Cent is a hero to me because he's overcome so many things. He's been shot nine times and lived. I had a cousin got shot once in the ankle. Dead. I had to go to the funeral. I was mad. Man, you ain't hard! You ain't hard!

  Bill Bellamy

  Cousin, Men, Mad

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• Father is my Defender (Hero). Mother is my Teacher. Sister is my Counselor. Wife is my Savior. Children are my Fighters. Then what is the role of my Friend? Friend is my Motivator in life.

  Sandeep Kumar

  Mother, Teacher, Children

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• I think my biggest musical hero growing up was probably Ian MacKaye he set a great example for all of us local musicians. Still to this day I see him as the best example of a right-on musician.

  Dave Grohl

  Growing Up, Thinking, Musical

  Reddit AMA, www.reddit.com. February 9, 2013.

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• I can play the leading man. I can play the action hero, maybe in just a different way. I look at it as, you know, if you set your mind to it, you can do it.

  Verne Troyer

  Men, Play, Mind

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Parents are heroes already - all they have to do is start acting like it.

  Josh McDowell

  Parent, Acting

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• I've had heroes in my life - Joe DiMaggio, Babe Ruth.

  Tommy Lasorda

  Ruth, Babe

  "Marine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel, Triple-Amputee Veteran, Throws Strike At MLB World Series Game 2", www.huffingtonpost.com. October 26, 2012.

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• The task is to transform society; only the people can do that - not heroes, not celebrities, not stars.

  Huey Newton

  Stars, People, Tasks

  Huey P. Newton (2009). “Revolutionary Suicide: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.242, Penguin

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