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"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."
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"People love super heroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero and not the nemesis? Because of virtue. A super hero gives everything to defend what's good and right without seeking praise or reward. Think about it. All the great heroes give without taking, help without grumbling, sacrifice without asking recompense. A super hero's real strength, what we absolutely fall in love with, is his finer virtue."
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"In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business-and I wanted to try to reflect that."
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"The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words."
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"You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism."
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"Heroes are the most wanted and most needed people in the world."
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"I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?"Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War."
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"Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else."
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"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
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"In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism."
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"People don't want other people to get high, because if you get high, you might see the falsity of the fabric of the society we live in."
Society
"Loved. You can't use it in the past tense. Death does not stop that love at all."
Love
"I used to think we were going to win in the '60s. Nixon went out and I thought we won."
Thought
"The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths."
Heroism
"Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing."
Writing
"You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things."
Fun
"The Grateful Dead are our religion. This is a religion that doesn't pay homage to the God that all the other religions pay homage to."
Religion
"The '60s aren't over; they won't be over until the Fat Lady gets high."
Society
"To hell with facts! We need stories!"
Hell
"I've been to too many Dead concerts. There've been smokin' holes where my memory used to be."
Memory
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