Hero Quotes
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The truly tragic kind of suffering is the kind produced and defiantly insisted upon by the hero himself so that, instead of making him better, it makes him worse and when he dies he is not reconciled to the law but defiant, that is, damned. Lear is not a tragic hero, Othello is.
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A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.
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Every little girl looks up to her mom so much - that's your first hero.
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The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.
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A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
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The only difference between a hero and the villain is that the villain chooses to use that power in a way that is selfish and hurts other people.
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Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.
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Every hero becomes a bore at last.
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The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.
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I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.
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This child, who is grasping the stone, facing the tank, is it not the greatest message to the world when that hero becomes a martyr? We are proud of them.
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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Operas elucidate, in a way sometimes absent in other theatrical productions, the very human fact that in every hero, there is a thread of duplicity. In every villain, there is another side to consider: We don't have to like him or her, but we are compelled to think about motivation.
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It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.
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I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and not with a gun or by being an action hero.
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How long will we keep making films where hero-heroine is dancing around trees?
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In the days when I was the big hero, the money wasn't much. Nobody made anything on television in those days.
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I have always found myself playing the hero, but I love villains. Villains have more fun.
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I don't want to be a strong hero who can save society. I just want to save myself.
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The funny thing is, I was never much of a fighter. Better a live coward than a dead hero, that was my motto.
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I was only a hero by default. The flights were few and far between. There weren't that many astronauts. The moon flights were so interesting and exciting.
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I was only a gun captain on the battleship Alabama for 34 months. People have called me a hero for that, but I'll tell you this - heroes don't come home. Survivors come home.
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You say to yourself: 'What could people, in all these countries, find in my books?' and yet I think we're all the same, anywhere. Everybody is a hero or a dramatic person in their own story if you just know where to look.
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When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.
