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Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#centuries #danger #deaths #drama #expanding

I think we all see ourselves as the heroes in our own lives. ↗

— Tom Hiddleston

#i #i think #lives #our #ourselves

Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process. ↗

— Lauryn Hill

#believe #celebrities #celebrity #comfortably #committing

You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order. ↗

— Mike Huckabee

#elvis #fdr #heroes #hometown #hope

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on. ↗

— John Hughes

#because #comfortable #dylan #each #forward

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge. ↗

— William Hurt

#basis #become #calculated #courage #guys

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow. ↗

— Henrik Ibsen

#finance #follow #heroes #like #off

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#inspirational #inspirational

Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict. ↗

— Wayne Allard

#armed forces #conflict #forces #heroes #men

Custer had dead heroes. Crazy Horse had only live ones. ↗