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Heroic Quotes (page 7)

Kurt Vonnegut quote: "The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three:..."
The bounties of space, of infinite outwardness, were three: empty heroics, low comedy, and pointless death. Kurt Vonnegut
Benjamin Disraeli quote: "To believe in the heroic makes heroes."
To believe in the heroic makes heroes. Benjamin Disraeli
Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game. Philip Roth
History is not made by great dreams, but by the petty wants of all respectable, moderately thievish and selfish people, that is, of everyone. All our ideas, loves, plans, heroic ideals, all these lofty things are worthless. Karel Capek
I won't be able to run with ghosts and slip down dark alleyways in quite the swift and stealthy fashion that I do now; but perhaps children will be amused by my hippopotamic heroics, and no one will disagree that bringing laughter to children in a dark world is admirable. Dean Koontz
Disdaining the heroic outfit, excitable in her methods, garrulous, episodical, shrill, she misled her lover much as she misled her aunt. He mistook her fertility for weakness. He supposed her "as clever as they make 'em," but no more, not realizing that she was penetrating to the depths of his soul, and approving of what she found there. E. M. Forster
Yukio Mishima quote: "We live in an age in which there is no heroic death."
We live in an age in which there is no heroic death. Yukio Mishima
He's probably their battle poet, too." "You mean he makes up heroic songs about famous battles?" "No, no. He recites poems that frighten the enemy....When a well-trained gonnagle starts to recite, the enemy's ears explode. Terry Prachett
Boxing is a glorious sport to watch and boxers are incredible, heroic athletes, but it's also, to be honest, a stupid game to play. Even the winners can end up with crippling brain damage. In a lot of ways, hustling is the same. But you learn something special from playing the most difficult games, the games where winning is close to impossible and losing is catastrophic: You learn how to compete as if your life depended on it. That's the lesson I brought with me to the so-called "legitimate"... Jay-Z
Peter Weiss quote: "Long ago I left heroics to the heroes"
Long ago I left heroics to the heroes Peter Weiss
John Cage quote: "The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility,..."
The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience. John Cage
Viktor E. Frankl quote: "To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic."
To suffer unecessarily is masochistic rather than heroic. Viktor E. Frankl
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking. Ayn Rand
Though much is taken, much abides; and though. We are not now that strength which in old days. Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will. To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Today everybody is talking about the fact that we live in one world; because of globalization, we are all part of the same planet. They talk that way, but do they mean it? We should remind them that the words of the Declaration [of Independence] apply not only to people in this country, but also to people all over the world. People everywhere have the same right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When the government becomes destructive of that, then it is patriotic to dissent and... Howard Zinn

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