- Cowards
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- 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.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Little
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero.
- Edward
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- Nov 07, 2020
My journalistic heroes are Peter Jennings and Ted Koppel and Tim Russert and Edward R. Murrow, among others, because they were tough.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I got to watch my heroes meet him and saw how they reacted, whether it was Joe Strummer or Tom Waits. It was peculiar. I'm so stoked to meet Tom Waits, and he's so nervous to meet my dad. It's a head spin.
- Goalkeeper
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wasn't a goalkeeper until I was 13 or 14 so before that, my heroes were the likes of Paul Scholes and David Beckham, but since becoming a goalkeeper, I've obviously trained with Joe Hart.
- Jazz
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joe Sample was one of my heroes. I met him at the Curacao Jazz festival, and I fanned out like he was the Beatles!
- America
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- Nov 07, 2020
America's addiction to violence is partly evident in the heroes it chooses to glorify.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.
- Fun
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was fun trying to use a few different voices for the vocal track on 'Country Heroes.'
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Heroes are defined by their villains - Batman is nothing if he doesn't have Two-Face.
- Missing
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- Nov 07, 2020