Hero
It's important for Asian American kids to see themselves in stories and to feel seen. They need to know that their stories are universal, too, that they, too, can fall in love in a teen movie. They don't have to be the sidekick; they can be the hero.
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains — I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.
He who seldom speaks, and with one calm well-timed word can strike dumb the loquacious, is a genius or a hero.
A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
My lifetime role model and hero is Freddie Mercury of Queen.
My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
The soldiers that didn't come back were the heroes. It's a roll of the dice. If a bullet has your name on it, you're a hero. If you hear a bullet go by, you're a survivor.
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
What has violence ever accomplished? What has it ever created? No martyr's cause has ever been stilled by an assassin's bullet. No wrongs have ever been righted by riots and civil disorders. A sniper is only a coward, not a hero; and an uncontrolled or uncontrollable mob is only the voice of madness, not the voice of the people.
In cricket, my superhero is Sachin Tendulkar. He has always been my hero and will continue to remain so. Apart from him and outside cricket, my mother has remained my inspiration. Whatever difficult time I had faced, she was always there for me. She has given me all the strength. She maintained her composure and supported me in tough times.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
Sometimes I forget how much people look at you as their hero. I forget that.
A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
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