#hero

She was in a difficult position being the widow of a great American hero, a role that carried high expectations but she did a credible job of continuing Dr King's dream especially in the face of a changing and often hostile American public. ↗

— Morris Dees

#american public #being #carried #changing #continuing

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults. ↗

— Laura Dern

#accessible #faults #heroes #something #who

I am convinced that in the upcoming chapter of the struggle, I can be more useful to the inevitable change that will soon come to Cuba, to Cuba's freedom, as a private citizen dedicated to helping the heroes within Cuba. ↗

— Lincoln Diaz-Balart

#change #chapter #citizen #come #convinced

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#consequences #heroic #me #ordinary #ordinary people

If you had asked me back in grade school what I wanted to be when I grew up, I would have said my first choice was an actor, but if I couldn't be that, I'd want to be a superhero. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#asked #back #choice #first #grade

There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments... brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible. ↗

— Kelly Keaton

#heroes #possible #beauty

Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant so much to Canada. It was just an incredible thing to be a part of. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#around #because #being #canada #fact

I think the real heroic teachers are the ones who work with kids, like my mom and my sister do. ↗

— David Duchovny

#i #i think #kids #like #mom

Everybody loves the underdog, and then they take an underdog and make him a hero and they hate him. But as long as they can knock you back down, it seems like if you're an underdog again, and things do surface, and they think this is real, 'these guys' intentions are genuine and sincere,' it seems like they will embrace you again. ↗

— Fred Durst

#back #down #embrace #everybody #genuine

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ↗

— Bob Dylan

#degree #freedom #hero #his #i