The greatest in heroes in life are the anonymous. That's what I believe. Your neighbours are heroes. People who, when you walk down the street, you see them feeding their little baby - these people are heroes because they are living under difficult situations, but they're still trying to save a life.
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Related I think that when you're making your way up in the music industry, you have all these heroes and... TAYLOR SWIFT They are heroes because they protect us, you know? They go in where people are in danger, and they s... DAVID BLANKENHORN Sometimes heroes are born, and sometimes heroes are made. People get to show what they're made of in... DAVID MARANISS Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE I'm convinced many of America's heroes are public school teachers and administrators. Many o... ADAM HAMILTON All of the stunt men - these are the unsung heroes. They really are. Nobody is giving them any credi... JASON STATHAM I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who ... TIM BURTON Bad people succeed and good people fail, but that's not the end of the story. Miracles happen that n... DEAN KOONTZ You know, heroes are ordinary people that have achieved extraordinary things in life. DAVE WINFIELD You often love someone not for what they are, but for what you are when you are with them. JEFFREY FRY If you look at the great superheroes in any universe, you will always find that they have the very b... JIM LEE It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They... OMARI HARDWICK No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thi... NATHAN FILLION Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail ... AARON SORKIN Learning from your heroes increases your information retention. And these soccer players in Africa a... ETHAN ZOHN You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday. MIEP GIES Never get to the point where you cannot see anything good about yourself SOTONYE ANGA Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscur... VICTOR HUGO Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscur... VICTOR HUGO Well, there are conjoined twins in real life and we can tell a story about them so long as they'... BOBBY FARRELLY I can't count how many of my friends are in the cemetery at Normandy, the heroes are still there... CHARLES DURNING We at Apple had forgotten who we were. One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroe... STEVE JOBS The greatest thieves are not caught. Not because it’s not known that they are thieves but because ... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA My parenting heroes are the Obamas! They've been married for so long, and it looks like they'... GLOZELL In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or ... JOHN RHYS-DAVIES There's always a backlash when you challenge people's convictions and their heroes. PINK I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have the... GARY LINEKER If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society's heroes. GUY KAWASAKI Where you live matters. Whatever you're doing, there's usually only one place where the top ... DREW HOUSTON I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are. T. C. BOYLE A world without heroes is just an empty world! A world without heroes is just a world without great ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, dete... WADE DAVIS I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes. JAMES GARNER A lot of people... kind of make heroes that are separate from us, people who are, you know, like... ... WALTER MOSLEY I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedic... JOHN CENA So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They a... EDWARD ABBEY Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Ira... GALE SAYERS One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly reali... IRA SACHS Let your heroes be known. Give praise and honor to those to whom it is rightly due. Spend more time ... JOHN PATRICK HICKEY There are no heroes...in life, the monsters win. GEORGE R.R. MARTIN Every time you walk down the street people are screaming, 'You're fired!' DONALD TRUMP These immigrants are heroes. They transmit in their look the fear but also the happiness of having r... LUIS CARRION I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics. ALEXIS TSIPRAS Our heroes are people and people are flawed. Don't let that taint the thing you love. RANDY K. MILHOLLAND There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were. NINA SIMONE I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, s... PHILIP ZIMBARDO Pennsylvania is tired of villains. We need heroes. These people are truly my heroes. They are dedica... RUSS DIAMOND Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes. MERIDEL LE SUEUR Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes. LEEZA GIBBONS There are just some really beautiful people in the world. When you're walking down the street, o... MARY-KATE OLSEN That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they hav... PAULO COELHO Comic book heroes are an important part of our culture, so I think we're actually utilizing comi... MIKE COLTER When you realize who the good people are in your life, you're so lucky. SOPHIA BUSH People are trying to act like they're balling all day with cars, their house, like there's n... REMY MA They and all who are participating in Operation Enduring Freedom are heroes, RICHARD MYERS One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are. WALTER ISAACSON One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are. OLASOT I don't believe in revenge. When people are bullies it's because of a deeper-rooted issue - ... KHLOE KARDASHIAN If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or v... LENNIE JAMES We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out l... LAURA DERN Heroes are more than just stories, they’re people. And people are complicated; people are strange.... JOEL CORNAH A hero takes steps with the vision of bringing what is beyond the eyes of mere men into reality for ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH They say never meet your heroes. But the addendum to that is 'unless they're Harrison Ford.&... RYAN GOSLING When you're choosing furniture for your home that's supposed to express who you are, what yo... SHEENA IYENGAR It really establishes the fact that there were no one or two heroes on Flight 93. There were 40 peop... GORDON FELT Yes, it's a prequel. It tells the story about how the girls were born with superpowers, but they... CRAIG MCCRACKEN They are the real heroes. LEE WOODLAND There are many projects I couldn't get off the ground because they didn't have white heroes.... EUZHAN PALCY But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes. DAVID BALDACCI My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. MICHAEL JORDAN What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they... COLIN POWELL It's not who you are, but what you're made of. It's not where you come from, but where you're going ... CAREW PAPRITZ Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He... MICKEY MANTLE Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. GERARD WAY Cops aren't really your friends, they are trying to be your friends but they are not.... DEYTH BANGER My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to ... JOANNE HARRIS Jay-Z is a hero, Sam Walton is a hero - these are not exactly communitarian champions. These are - i... GEORGE PACKER Those who put their lives on the line overseas are undoubtedly American heroes, but it's time fo... TAMMY DUCKWORTH Mothers who work full time - they're the real heroes. KATE WINSLET Thank you for that very very good picture but you know heroes only thrive when they are dead. COMMISSIONER RESURECCION BORRA The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING thing... JOHN GREEN The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about... WAGNER MOURA You read in any war stories - World War II, whatever - that there are many, many heroes. There are t... DAVE FILONI I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made ... RALPH WALDO EMERSON Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. TOM BROKAW I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who ar... BARBARA MERTZ But are they heroes or mere dreamers? GAIUS VALERIUS FLACCUS I think people feel threatened by homosexuality. The problem isn't about gay people, the problem... HOLLIS STACY Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, bu... CAROLYN CHUTE To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I k... DENNIS SHARPE Babies don't need a vacation, but I still see them at the beach... it pisses me off! I'll go... STEVEN WRIGHT If you read fairy tales carefully, you’ll notice they are mostly about people who aren’t heroes.... AMANDA CRAIG When you're a kid, you see your parents reading the newspaper and you're like, 'God, why... FRED DURST The story goes as the line follow... alone... loony.... ... That's what's happening.... DEYTH BANGER To a degree, the Greek and Roman mythological heroes are just the first superheroes. They appeal to ... RICK RIORDAN People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them. CHRIS COLFER A villain can be stylish, and his actions don't have to be explained. Heroes are boring in compa... DHANUSH Who loses hope first? And who never gives up? Because it’s not the supernatural abilities that set... BRODI ASHTON No matter where you are in your life, whatever set of people you're with, it all still breaks do... COLIN HANKS
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