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hero people lust
No one is immune to temptation. Not even a hero. Not even a nobody. Not even people like you and me. Lust is never very far away. And just when you least expect it, there it is again. Charles R. Swindoll
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 people giving
A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares. Debi Mazar
hero conflict threat
The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict. Andrew Bernstein
hero needs undaunted
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
hero struggle men
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.
hero thinking blood
I think any supernatural hero today, whether he's a vampire, werewolf, a resuscitated mummy, whatever he is, is going to have to deal with the fact that scientists are going to want to catch him and study him. His big enemy is not going to be Dr. Van Helsing today, it's going to be the doctor who wants to put him in a lab and get his blood for what it can do to cure disease or grant immortality. Anne Rice
hero shallow true-meaning
We would make our heroes shallow.... We would make them brittle. It is they who must remind us of the true meaning of strength.
hero dragons personal-history
When I was younger, not being accepted made me enraged, but now, I am not inclined to dismantle my history. If you banish the dragons, you banish the heroes-and we become attached to the heroic strain in our personal history. Andrew Solomon
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 substance federalism
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula. Herbert Croly
inspired paralyze
I choose to be inspired by things that have been done well in the past. So, I don't worry about being compared, because I think that does paralyze you. Kenneth Branagh
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 modern achieve
It is because modern education is so seldom inspired by a great hope that it so seldom achieves great results. Bertrand Russell
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