#roe

In my generation, history was taught in terms of grand figures, men on whom the destiny of the nation hinged, quintessential heroes. ↗

— Barry Unsworth

#figures #generation #grand #heroes #history

I think there are good men and women in all decades. We've grown cynical. And look at what we do to all our heroes: Churchill, FDR, Kennedy, they all had affairs. But heroic things happen every day. ↗

— Kevin Costner

#churchill #cynical #day #decades #every

Steve McQueen was from a time when you didn't know every little dirty thing about our public figures. He and James Dean were very mysterious, archetypal American heroes. ↗

— Sheryl Crow

#american #archetypal #dean #dirty #every

But the West did not last long enough. Its folk myths and heroes became stage properties of Hollywood before the poets had begun to get to work on them. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#before #begun #did #enough #folk

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults. ↗

— Laura Dern

#accessible #faults #heroes #something #who

I am convinced that in the upcoming chapter of the struggle, I can be more useful to the inevitable change that will soon come to Cuba, to Cuba's freedom, as a private citizen dedicated to helping the heroes within Cuba. ↗

— Lincoln Diaz-Balart

#change #chapter #citizen #come #convinced

There is power within great sacrifice, within noble deeds. There are moments... brief, shining moments when the impossible becomes possible. ↗

— Kelly Keaton

#heroes #possible #beauty

Being around all the great names of the game at a young age because they were my heroes; the fact this meant so much to Canada. It was just an incredible thing to be a part of. ↗

— Marcel Dionne

#around #because #being #canada #fact

So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really. ↗

— Neil Finn

#because #being #completely #exciting #heroes

But baseball bounced back in the next decade to reclaim its place as the national pastime: new heroes, spirited competition, and booming prosperity gave birth to dreams of expansion, both within the major leagues and around the world. ↗

— John Thorn

#back #baseball #birth #booming #both