#roe

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing. ↗

— Robert Sheckley

#about #aware #background #because #heroes

Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#collapse #communist #communist party #crisis #dramatic

We thank thee for this opportunity to show our love for these heroes who have accomplished such wonders for the beloved United States, which was founded by noble and inspired men. ↗

— Lorenzo Snow

#beloved #founded #heroes #inspired #love

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#die #elvis #get #hero #heroes

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#eternal #heroes #i #i believe #i believe that

But as I grew up as a child, falling in love with the theater and Shakespeare, my heroes were Sir Laurence Olivier and Sir John Gielgud. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#falling #falling in love #grew #heroes #i

I loved the movies and I wanted to be like Marilyn Monroe. I thought she was so glamorous and everyone seemed to love her. I wanted to be like that and I told everyone I would be the next Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#glamorous #her #i #like #love

I'd kill myself if I was as fat as Marilyn Monroe. ↗

— Elizabeth Hurley

#i #kill #marilyn #marilyn monroe #monroe

The new acts' major influences were movies and their curvy queens Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe. With their big blonde hair, ample breasts, and highly fertile hips, these bombshells inspired women everywhere to exxagerate their own voluptuousness. ↗

— Dita Von Teese

#brigitte-bardot #burlesque #curvy-corset-cuties #marilyn-monroe #p-

Some of my other heroes around that time were, oddly enough, Frank Sinatra, Nat Cole and people like that - I was always more inclined to listen to ballads. ↗

— William Bell

#around #ballads #cole #enough #frank