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“Those who did better were those who didn't wait idly for help to arrive. In the end, with systems crashing and failing, what mattered most and had the greatest immediate effects were the actions an...”
“Yeah," Chris said. "I lose a couple limbs getting drunk and falling into harvesting combine, I'm an idiot. I lose the same limbs because I happened to be standing next to the right door when the sh...”
“I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.”
“Once you're labeled as mentally ill, and that's in your medical notes, then anything you say can be discounted as an artifact of your mental illness.”
“Dear Hunger Games :Screw you for helping cowards pretend you have to be great with a bow to fight evil.You don't need to be drafted into a monkey-infested jungle to fight evil.You don't need your f...”
“No doubt you can get more in your market for a quart of milk than for a quart of blood, but that is not the market that heroes carry their blood to.”
“But the days of true heroism are over, when a citizen fought for his country like a Fabricius or a Washington, and then returned to his farm to let his virtuous fervour run in a more placid, but no...”
“From this Legionary school a new man will have to emerge, a man with heroic qualities; a giant of our history to do battle and win over all the enemies of our Fatherland, his battle and victory hav...”
“Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more.”
“Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult.”
“There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.”
“Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before.”
“I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind. ”
“Faith is the heroism of the intellect.”
“True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.”
“No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me.""Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?"It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say tha...”
“If the only one who can kill an angel cant do it, then who can? Its a good question, one that takes me a minute to come up with an answer. Obadiah West can. Him and his freedom fighters. Im just a ...”
“I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wis...”
“Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even given him the reputation of a brave man - and there was something in it t...”
“So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero.”
