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Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight for power or glory. They must be made to understand that victory does not prove that the thing fought for is right, nor that defeat proves that a cause is wrong.
Ellen Key
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The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs.
Matt Blunt
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Those who know me would tell you, 'Moily can't be cowed down.' I have plans to enhance domestic oil and gas production.
Veerappa Moily
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I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.


George Eads
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It has been my observation that the happiest of people, the vibrant doers of the world, are almost always those who are using - who are putting into play, calling upon, depending upon-the greatest number of their God-given talents and capabilities.
John Glenn
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Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.
Alan Dershowitz
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For if the Germans do not help defend the West, American and Canadian troops must cross the seas to do the job, and I venture to believe that the troops - if not the statesmen - regard this as an interference at least in their own domestic affairs.
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
I have a fundamental belief in the Bible as the Word of God, written by those who were inspired. I study the Bible daily.
Isaac Newton
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Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.
Silvia Cartwright
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During the election campaign of 2000, it was generally thought that then-governor Bush didn't know much about foreign policy or national security affairs, and that Colin Powell would lead on that front, while the president's main concern would be domestic.
Elliott Abrams
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It is the misfortune of those who are concerned in conducting human affairs that, however pure and capacious their own conceptions may be, they must accommodate themselves to the circumstances with which they are environed and use the instruments that are within their reach.
William Godwin
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I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.


Barry Pepper
Remember that happiness is as contagious as gloom. It should be the first duty of those who are happy to let others know of their gladness.
Maurice Maeterlinck
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I am one of those unhappy persons who inspire bores to the greatest flights of art.


Edith Sitwell
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The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.


Graham Greene
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Aside from my work, my interests lie in the arts and in world affairs.


Torsten Wiesel
Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony.
Noam Chomsky
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Domestic house cats kill more fish than all the world's seals put together.


Paul Watson
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I've seen the greatest actors in the world, transcendent talents, who can't find a home.


Laura Linney
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Football's the biggest game in the world. America's the greatest sporting nation there is. To play some part in putting those two things together: why wouldn't I be excited about that?
David Beckham