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Letter "H" » Heroism
«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.»
Author: Arthur Ashe
(Activist, Tennis Player)
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cost, heroism, remarkably, serve, sober, sobered, soberest, sobering, sobers, sober up, surpass, surpassed, surpassing, The Urge, undramatic, urge
«Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.»
Author: Bertolt Brecht
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«To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.»
Author: Charles Horton Cooley
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aspiration, live on, No Hero, routine, sensuality, thrown
«We couldn't all be cowboys, some of us are clowns. Some of us are dancers on the midway, we roam from town to town. I hope that everybody can find a little flame. Me, I say my prayers and just light myself on fire and walk out on the wire again.»
«Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them»
«True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.»
Author: Alfred North Whitehead
(Mathematician, Philosopher)
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brutal, firm, heroes, resolve, The Firm, vulgar
«We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.»
«We must be prepared to make heroic sacrifices for the cause of peace that we make ungrudgingly for the cause of war. There is no task that is more important or closer to my heart.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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War
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closer, heroic, sacrifices, ungrudgingly
«We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by»
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