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the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Sermon Quotations Archive

Quotations regarding 'Heroes'

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By that I mean, I think that it is true that politics and political heroes have to satisfy our need to be greater than mortal in some way, and that's led them into creating illusions, sound bites, focus groups that tell you what to do.
Sydney Pollack, American Director (1934-2008)
As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
Jon Porter, American Politician (1955-  )
I love milk so much! I make a point of drinking a glass of milk every day. So now anyone who did those milk ads with the milk mustaches, they're my heroes.
Natalie Portman, American Actress (1981-  )
Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
Victoria Pratt, Canadian Actress (1970-  )
I thought it was such a unique concept to play parents who happen to be super heroes and have a son who is going through puberty and starting high school.
Kelly Preston, American Actress (1962-  )
The poet does not fear death, not because he believes in the fantasy of heroes, but because death constantly visits his thoughts and is thus an image of a serene dialogue.
Salvatore Quasimodo, Italian Author (1901-  )
The heroes of Flight 93 won the first battle in the War on Terror, and they should never be forgotten.
Jim Ramstad, American Politician (1946-  )
Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.
Ronald Reagan, American President (1911-2004)
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task.
Elliot Richardson, American Lawyer (1920-1999)
I had both male and female heroes.
Sally Ride, American Astronaut (1951-  )
Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.
Bob Riley, American Politician
We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
Tom Robbins, American Author (1936-  )
There are heroes in evil as well as in good.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer (1613-1680)
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.
Will Rogers, American Actor (1879-1935)
No, people back home don't realize why there is this kind of need for heroes in America at the moment. People in Britain don't really understand what's going on here. They don't understand why Camp X-ray exists.
Jon Ronson, Welsh Journalist (1967-  )
Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists.
Alfred Rosenberg, German Soldier (1893-1946)
I pretty much grew up when punk was big in the UK. The Sex Pistols were heroes for me. I used to run around like Johnny Rotten. I had a jacket like his.
Gavin Rossdale, British Musician (1967-  )
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher (1712-1778)
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
Jean Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher (1712-1778)
It's the unusual leading man. Most of the Hollywood leading men are powerful and capable and strong, heroes. He has this vulnerability, he's fragile, he struggles to find a way to live from day to day that we can identify with, that we can understand.
Mark Rydell, American Director (1934-  )
 
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