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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 dragons
When you banish the dragons you banish the heroes. Andrew Solomon
hero men persons
There is no such man as a one-person hero. Daniel Inouye
hero negative ifs
If negative meant positive we'd be heroes. Daniel Johns
hero names achievement
The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his name or trademark. Daniel J. Boorstin
hero media
The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.
hero men names
The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.
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 mind independence
Let it be immediately added, however, that this economic independence and prosperity has always been absolutely associated in the American mind with free political institutions. 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