- Nov 07, 2020
Hero Quotes
On heroes, idols, and who we choose to look up to.
These quotes look at what it means to have a hero, whether that's a musician admired from the audience or a childhood icon like Mickey Mouse who fits several roles at once. Explore more in Inspiration quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every hero must return home. Starks to Winterfell. Harry to Privet Drive. Luke Skywalker to Tattoine. Katniss to District twelve. The fun is in seeing how they return.
- Positive
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the word 'hero' hasn't got positive or negative value - 'hero' is the person who leads you through the story.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a guitar player first. So my first hero was Angus Young from AC/DC. I used to copy every move that he did, play every lick that he would. I knew I wanted to be some kind of a rocker, back in the day.
- Game
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to show that I have the same attitude to the game and personality that my hero had. I only ever met Ronaldinho once, at a charity event in Rio.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.
- Fiction Writing
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonist's taste in music, or we're told that the hero looks like the young Cary Grant. Film is the medium these writers are looking for.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did 'Animal House' in 1978, then 'Local Hero' in 1983, and then in '88, 'Crossing Delancey.' And I realized that every three to five years, you need a big role to put you into the national psyche.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking up plans. My hero is Billie Jean King, and the thing that I find so impressive about Billie Jean is that she took something as banal as playing tennis and used it to change the world. She really did.
- Next
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- Nov 07, 2020
There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She's such a hero for me.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020