We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. - Will Rogers
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Heroing is one of the shortest lived professions there is. (The Will Rogers Book, 1961) - Will Rogers
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Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century. - Mickey Mantle
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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
- Arthur Ashe
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals—they always come in handy. - Stanislaw Lem
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The trouble with super heroes is what to do between phone booths. - Ken Kesey
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As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. - Ernest Hemingway
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes.
- Benjamin Disraeli
