Growing up, we never got to see a hero who didn't have superpowers who looked like us, that you could kind of… — Corey Hawkins Copy Share Image
Travel is the art form available to Everyman. You sit in the coffee shop in a strange city and nobody knows who… — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
Nico di Angelo came into Olympus to a hero's welcome, his father right behind him, despite the fact that Hades was only… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
It is better to have a cat and mouse game where the cat has the upper hand than a cat and mouse… — George Soros Copy Share Image
My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things… — Rashad Evans Copy Share Image
“He changes when there's a threat to be overcome: it's like he pulls on a second skin, one he almost forgets the… — Seanan McGuire Copy Share Image
We're remembering each other's heroes, too. We are learning each other's songs. We are reminding ourselves that we are a global family… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
I don't believe in "original sin." I don't believe in "guilt." I don't believe in villains or heroes - only right or… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Fame is an illusive thing - here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
The sudden passing of Jack Bruce is terribly sad news. One of the greatest rock bassists to ever live and a true… — Geddy Lee Copy Share Image
Label celebrity a consumer society's most precious consumer product, and eventually it becomes the hero with a thousand faces, the packaging of… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
In those days before hearing Charlie Parker and Dizzy, and before learning of the so-called bebop era--by the way, I have some… — J. J. Johnson Copy Share Image
We need to take a step back and realize that what happened in the 1950s, when he started his career, is exactly… — Alex Stapleton Copy Share Image
There are a lot of discussions where people will decide that James Bond is a superhero, because he's a larger-than-life hero who… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
“You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal. Monsters never die. They are reborn from the chaos and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When someone talks about Western films, you probably think of those old black and white cowboy films your granddad likes. But the… — Caroline Lawrence Copy Share Image
A lot of action heroes, we're told they are heroic primarily because they commit violence upon the bad guy. It can be… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
“The greatest heroes in life are those that never give up on someone. They stick it out and make it work. They… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
One of the problems of truth being censored for a really long time is that people lose the ability to intuit what… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Stain Boy Of all the super heroes, the strangest one by far, doesn't have a special power, or drive a fancy car.… — Tim Burton Copy Share Image
“He had acquired a reputation for possessing a noble character, and even for being something of a hero - or, at least,… — K.J. Bishop Copy Share Image
“Everybody is Beautiful and Unique in Their Own Special Way, Beauty goes Beyond the Outer Appearance. I think it's More Important to… — Amaka Imani Nkosazana Copy Share Image
Jack furiously chopped vegetables. "Captain Dependable! Wait, we vetoed that one. The Divine Door Maker? Too much? Hmm...Handsome Hero, but maybe I… — Kiersten White Copy Share Image
For me, Yves Saint Laurent is a hero because he fought his whole life against illness. Maybe the only way to fight… — Jalil Lespert Copy Share Image
My food hero has to be Auguste Escoffier. And the villain? The man who's been most responsible for the death of food… — Arthur Potts Dawson Copy Share Image
The hero of the 'Peanuts' is Charlie Brown. I play the dog that sleeps on the top of his dog box who's… — Geoffrey Rush Copy Share Image
There's not a drop of hero's blood in my whole body, so spare me the praise. I'm just an ordinary guy, and… — Hiroshi Sakurazaka Copy Share Image
The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Do not expect to be hailed as a hero when you make your great discovery. More likely you will be a ratbag-maybe… — Samuel Warren Carey Copy Share Image
I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In… — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a… — Jeaniene Frost Copy Share Image
Yes, it looks bleak. But you are still alive now. You are alive with all the others, in this present moment. And… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
Skywalker is a direct translation of the word shaman out of the Tungusic, which is where Siberian shamanism comes from. So these… — Terence McKenna Copy Share Image
On closer inspection, the hero status accorded to Abraham, Moses and David in the Old Testament (and echoed in the New Testament)… — Paul Copan Copy Share Image
I like stories where people have to face some big demons internally. It always seems to be an element of horror, because… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
Sacrifice. I'd never been in a position where I was number one on the call sheet, and everything was in my lap.… — Stephan James Copy Share Image
No young kid growing up dreams of someday becoming a businessman. He wants to be a fireman, a sponsored athlete or a… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I have been a comic book fan nearly all my life. My fascination began as a refuge after my father left because… — Andrew Aydin Copy Share Image
I don't want to be considered a hero… Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to… — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings should not play at. Nations would do well To extort their truncheons… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
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