"King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur."

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"King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur."

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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."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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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."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

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"A hero: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition, and resolves to do something about it."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"A young hero is the world's greatest attraction."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

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"We are all heroes of our little worlds."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

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"The greatest hero for a country is the person who gave a progressive vision, a peaceful soul, a modern mind and an unshakable belief in science to his nation. And for the Turks, this honorable name is AtatA1?4rk, an immortal revolutionist!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"Heroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple pie, or whatever particular delicacy their mother made. It had never occurred to him that they might do it because they'd get yelled at if they didn't."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"The hero isn't the one who is right, but the one who steps forward to take the blame-deserved or not-and apologize to save a relationship."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"Eventually, I was sent to Wales and Germany, and after the war, to Paris."

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"It was 1943. The U.S. had already entered World War II, so I decided to join the army."

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"If writers learn more from their books than do readers, perhaps I may have begun to learn."

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"After seven years of writing - and working many jobs to support my family - I finally got published."

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"When I was discharged, I attended the University of Paris and met a beautiful Parisian girl, Janine. We soon married and eventually returned to the States."

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"After I saved some money, I quit work and went to a local college."

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"My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work."

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"My concern is how we learn to be genuine human beings."

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"Using the device of an imaginary world allows me in some strange way to go to the central issues - it's one of many ways to express feelings about real people, about real human relationships."

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"Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, and so many others were my dearest friends and greatest teachers."

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