"The truth is always more heroic than the…" — Jessica Lynch

"The truth is always more heroic than the hype."

— Jessica Lynch

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17 Quotes by Jessica Lynch

Jessica Lynch has 17 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The nurses at the hospital tried to soothe me, and they even tried unsuccessfully at one point to return me…
I know that I'm already in the history books and that people are going to remember me as the prisoner…
Certain days I think definitely because we went in there and we got Saddam and that was our mission. On…
Honesty has always been very important to me.
I could be, you know, the person that shows little kids that giving up isn't something that you should do.
I don't come from a rich family - it's not like we lived in a cardboard box, but we didn't…
I don't think any war is worth having our soldiers killed.
I grew up in Palestine, West Virginia, which is mostly a farming community; there aren't a lot of jobs.
I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person -…
Since coming back from Iraq, there's been so many triumphs and obstacles standing in my way, so whenever I set…
I woke up and all I could see was Iraqis standing all around me, looking down upon me. I knew…
The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would…

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More Heroic Quotes

This quote is filed under Heroic Quotes, one of 513 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but… — Arthur Ashe
Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. — Ansel Adams
Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also… — Evan Bayh
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible… — Andrew Bernstein
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. — Joseph Campbell
I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short… — Jane Campion
I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a… — Nick Cave
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound… — Noam Chomsky
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. — Noam Chomsky

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