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The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

Life is not simple, and people can't be boxed into being either heroes or villains.

What we're doing with Band of Brothers is trying to put it into human terms, so it is not just a flickering, black and white myth on a screen, it is a resonant story. I want the audience to recognize themselves in these men. They're not just mythic heroes.

Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

The real heroes were my good buddies who died during the battles.

Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.

When the heroes go off the stage, the clowns come on.

As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

Oklahomans value our children and our seniors. Oklahomans value traditions of faith. Oklahomans value our heroes, our veterans. Oklahomans value innovation and the creative arts.

You know, in my hometown of Hope, Arkansas, the three sacred heroes were Jesus, Elvis, and FDR, not necessarily in that order.

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.

Heroes to me are guys that sit in libraries. They absorb knowledge and then the risks they take are calculated on the basis of the courage it took to become replete with knowledge.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all the rest follow.

What has made this nation great? Not its heroes but its households.

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all.

My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes.

I asked him a number of questions and I got some very interesting answers. Ken's heroes, according to Christopher, would be people like John Wayne, of course.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.