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“Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Appears a hero in our eyes; Each girl, when pleased with what is taught, Will have the teacher in her thought. . . . . A blockhead with melodious voice, In boarding-schools may have his choice.”

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Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

“Faith is loyalty to some inspired teacher, some spiritual hero.”

Spiritual Teacher Hero Inspired Loyalty

Book:On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

Source: On Heroes, Hero-worship and the Heroic in History

“I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with Thus Spoke Zarathustra. He gets a bad rap; hes very misunderstood. Hes a maker of individuals, and he was a teacher of teachers.”

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Author:Joni Mitchell

“He's the real deal. Eric Taylor was one of my heroes and teachers when I started playing around Houston in the early 1970s.”

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Author:Steve Earle

“Teachers have been heroes to me, as well as artists and writers, and I'm honored to be among their ranks. There is always a lot of grousing about the academy. I suppose it comes from our all-American anti-authoritarianism.”

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Author:Alison Hawthorne Deming

“Listen to your parents, do your homework and listen to your teachers. Those are the real heroes.”

Real Parent Teacher Hero Homework Real Heroes

Author:Carl Crawford

“We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.”

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Author:Jonathan Sacks

“Father is my Defender (Hero). Mother is my Teacher. Sister is my Counselor. Wife is my Savior. Children are my Fighters. Then what is the role of my Friend? Friend is my Motivator in life.”

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Author:Sandeep Kumar

“One man with courage is a majority.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.”

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Author:Andy Rooney