Quotes by Hero The basic idea of a hero rising up to represent an oppressed or disenfranchised group of people is as true to hip-hop as it is comic book lore. Ali Shaheed Muhammad hero book ideas It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile. Alice Walker hero believe fall Teachers have been heroes to me, as well as artists and writers, and I'm honored to be among their ranks. There is always a lot of grousing about the academy. I suppose it comes from our all-American anti-authoritarianism. Alison Hawthorne Deming artist hero teacher Americans ... do not naturally apply the term "bourgeois" to themselves, or to anyone else for that matter. They do like to call themselves middle class, but that does not carry with it any determinate spiritual content. ... The term "middle class" does not have any of the many opposites that bourgeois has, such as aristocrat, saint, hero, or artist - all good. Allan Bloom artist hero spiritual I had some great role models along the way. My on-field heroes were the great Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Willie Mays. I wanted to be like them on the field, and I am so damn proud to join them in the Hall of Fame. Allan Ray role-models roles hero You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home. Allen Carr suits hero home The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene Allen Ginsberg addiction suicide hero Every villain is a hero in his or her own mind. Allison Brennan villain hero mind Proving that the best villains have the charisma of a hero, (Jason) Statham makes a strong impression, supplying the kind of menace that permeates the movie even when he's not on screen. His fight with (Dwayne) Johnson doesn't have the bang you'd expect from a The Transporter versus The Rock match-up, but the climactic Statham-(Vin)Diesel battle more than delivers. Alonso Duralde fighting strong hero Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters and heroes, prodigies of crime and prodigies of virtue. Alphonse de Lamartine ignorance hero long Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive. Alphonse de Lamartine firefighter race hero The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward. Alvin C. York hero men war I don't know why you're making the poor girl play with you," Peter said. "You're going to completely slaughter her." "Well, I am the greatest Guitar Hero player of all time," Jack said. Amanda Hocking girl player hero My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes. Amanda Hocking mama fool hero You know what would be fun? Nobody wants to play Guitar Hero. But you can play the Beatles! You loved the Beatles! Amanda Hocking guitar hero fun Don’t be a hero,” I told him sternly. “Protect yourself. Amanda Hocking protect-yourself protect hero People help way more than we expect, way more than makes sense. But when you talk to people called heroes, they often say they did it for themselves. In one case, a hero said that the cost of not doing it is so great, the sense of shame, when he knew that he was strong enough, that the fear of not doing anything was more frightening than the fear of dying. Amanda Ripley strong hero people MYTHOLOGY, n. The body of a primitive people's beliefs concerning its origin, early history, heroes, deities and so forth, as distinguished from the true accounts which it invents later. Ambrose Bierce body hero people He who allows himself to be arrested for a crime he did not commit will be expelled from the party, but if he resists and comes to us on a stretcher, he is a hero. Aminu Kano resistance party hero In india, it's hard not to have Gandhi as a hero. To give up everything - including power and money - and to live for his countrymen, that beats everything else. He's a role model of selflessness. Amit Bhatia role-models giving-up hero «1234567891011»