- Nov 07, 2020
Heroes Quotes
Reflections on the people we admire most.
Several lines here come from actors naming the performers who shaped their own careers, a shorthand for admiration built across a working life. Others step back and consider the idea more broadly, calling interest in heroes something close to universal. Pair this with Great quotes for related themes.
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- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some of my heroes are John Bonham, Keith Moon, Neil Peart, Ringo Starr, Terry Bozzio, Bill Bruford... The list goes on and on and on.
- Nov 07, 2020
Heroes aren't perfect.
- American Movie
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- Nov 07, 2020
Not disown my past or upbringing, but I'd admired American actors, really American movie star - particularly the rebel heroes of the '50s.
- Empathize
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- Nov 07, 2020
Perfect heroes are cool, but no one can really empathize or identify with them.
- Dozens
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did projects on Champlain coming up the St. Lawrence River and on Henry Hudson cast adrift in the bay that now bears his name. And I read dozens of historical novels: Rosemary Sutcliff on Roman Britain and G. A. Henty on British heroes, though my all-time favourite was Ronald Welch's 'Knight Crusader.'
- Friends
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- Nov 07, 2020
We willingly enter fictional worlds where we cheer our heroes and cry for friends we never had.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I played with the likes of Kelly Smith, Rachel Yankey, and Fara Williams - all these great players. Everybody knew who they were, and I was turning into one of these girls who were always my heroes.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020