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“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”
“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”
“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”
“If a person who is content with his life meets someone who makes everything just a little bit more challenging, who both fits and doesn't fit into his life and his routine, to quote Guy Fieri, it i...”
“From the moment Ive met you, Ive tried to play the hero in your story. But the closer I get to you, the more I realize that you dont need one.”
“The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead.”
“Someone needs to fight, someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero.”
“Every man or woman is born to be a Hero!”
“We are taught that the heros journey is the journey from weakness to strength. But I am here today to tell you that those stories are wrong. The real heros journey is the journey from strength to w...”
“So you see, the most vital question then becomes, what type of woman will conquer our hero? If she be of poor quality, hell become a slave. But if she be great, then her greatness will elevate the ...”
“It takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both. People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death o...”
“If not for tragedy, tyrants, and injustice, there would be nothing to awaken and inspire dormant heroes. There is always a balance. Always.”
“In the words hes free, on the page he can be anything. A hero.”
“Mere words cannot defeat a true hero. Unless they happen to be the words to some sort of Instant Death Spell. Magic is scary.”
“Heroism doesnt always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a mans life.”
“The modern spirit is a hesitant one. Spontaneity has given way to cautious legalisms, and the age of heroes has been superseded by a cult of specialization. We have no more giants; only obedient ants.”
“In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism”
“I wiggle my eyebrows. 'Sorry, Evan, I can't make out with you while the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field. ”
“Reason is the hero who breaks the chains of our prejudice, saving us from the prison of our comfortable acquiescence in the way of the world.”
“Heroes are hero no matter if everybody is watching them or nobody watching them.”