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“If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane?”
“Perhaps elements like tenacity and humility combine to form a heroic compound.”
“I asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve.”
“I go where I'm needed.”
“There was no sign hed even been in a fight Fucking Golden Boy.”
“You wake up one day and realise that your struggles and battles are your own and no one else s. And there is no one more capable to fight all the odds and enemies except you and you alone!”
“From there, a more difficult period began. Even the villains, the world's worst people, the one percent, what have you, imagine themselves to be the heroes of their own stories, and I saw myself th...”
“I didnt yet know that romantic heroesfamous and notare usually aimless nomads in disguise.”
“And the best sort of villain is smart and subtle and so very tricky that you don't even know he's the villain, because he thinks himself the hero in his own story.”
“Our mother used to say that a hero doesn't always have to slay a dragon to save the day." She swept a lock of hair behind her ear in an honest gesture, then pursed her lips and looked back at him, ...”
“It was easier to tell a hero from villain when the stakes were only life or death. Everything in between gets harder.”
“Kill the heroes and you kill the soul of a nation.”
“Sometimes your hero is you.”
“You are better than any hollywood star. Just love yourself...!!!”
“I was just cleaning up my own mess, Baz. Like, no one would call you a hero for cleaning up your own vomit.”
“In wartime, everyone loves a soldier, and a wounded hero even more so.”
“Subtle difference between a hero and an opportunist is not where you stand, but its timing. Standing up against injustice when it suits is convenience, not heroism”
“The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil. I smile to show the pressure of heroes and to trick the fear inside of me.”
“I was the hero, Roberto De Niro, William Shakespearo! Walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches.”
“You might be a hero. I say might because the choice is ultimately yours”