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hero mean self
Hollywood wants its heroes to be virtuous, but it defines virtue in a way that excludes any action that is self-interested. If virtue means putting others ahead of self, then it's clear that most people, let alone most capitalists, aren't very virtuous. Alex Tabarrok
hero men years
It's been said that no man is a hero to a newspaperman, and I spent too many years as an ink-stained wretch. David Simon
hero mama fool
My mama didn't raise any fools and she didn't raise any heroes. Amanda Hocking
hero good-luck coward
Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film. Alfred Hitchcock
hero imagination giving
This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero. Angela Carter
hero people villain
I'm not interested in the heroes or the villains. I'm interested in playing people. Anson Mount
hero thinking villain
I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us.
hero people needs
The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him. Aneurin Bevan
hero character thinking
I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero. Ang Lee
political time
a little more outreach time with the political community. Tom Umberg
political-will renewable-resources abundance
Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose. Al Gore
political agendas sides
Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say. Dick Morris
political president campaigns
The greater informational levels of the voters, their decreasing inhibitions in expressing disagreement, and their greater preference for Jeffersonian direct involvement, all make the need for a 'permanent campaign' to sell a president's policies all the more crucial.
political-revolution cynical democracy
Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Ambrose Bierce
political enemy may
To live with our enemies as if they may some time become our friends, and to live with our friends as if they may some time become our enemies, is not a moral but a political maxim Thomas Paine
political politics speak
If I speak, I am condemned. If I stay silent, I am damned! Victor Hugo
political republican empty
Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill. Jim Hightower
political littles path
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction. George Washington
inspired artistic certain
There are certain things I do because I am creatively inspired and artistic. Damon Dash
inspired taught
Mr. Milner not only taught us, he inspired us to make a difference. Rachel Johnson
inspired abundance
When you're inspired you attract abundance. Wayne Dyer
inspired humans human-beings
I am not influenced by other human beings. But I am inspired. Elaine Stritch