“Dizzee's just my childhood hero. He's definitely the inspiration. He's got himself to a very good place. He's defied the expectations of what British black urban music was like. He was the first person who made the rest of Britain realise it wasn't just a one-album-type situation. You've got to take your hat off to somebody like that.” FirstsPersonsMadeInspirationBlackSituationChildhoodTypeHeroExpectationsVery GoodAlbumsBritishBritainHatsRealisingUrbanFirst PersonGood PlaceHats OffUrban Music Author:Tinie Tempah
“Nature I believe in. True art aims to, represent men and women, not as my little self would have them, but as they appear. My heroes and heroines I want not extreme types, all good or all bad; but human, mortal--partly good, partly bad. Realism I need. Pure mental abstractions have no significance for me.” MenWantNeedsBelieveHumansLittlesArtSelfI BelieveTypeHeroPureMen And WomenAimExtremesI Believe InMortalsSignificanceRealismAbstractionMy HeroHeroinesAuthorshipHeroes And Heroines Author:Ouida
“We tend to value military heroes and Schwarzenegger types who are physically courageous. The heroics of doing the right thing every day even when it is dull and inconvenient are undervalued.” ValuesMilitaryTypeHeroRight ThingDullCourageousDoing The Right ThingInconvenientSchwarzeneggerUndervalued Author:Mary Pipher
“I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind. Later on, it was Steve McQueen to a certain extent and Charles Bronson. They're these types of grizzled characters who had one foot on the side of law and order and the other foot in the bad guy's camp.” MindCharacterLawGuyCertainOrderSidesGrowing UpGrowingFeetTypeHeroSpringCinemaCampsIrelandBad GuysLaw And OrderMcqueen Author:Liam Neeson
“I've never tried to reach a certain demographic of an audience or try to say: OK, now I'm going to do this type of film to transition myself into more adult roles. Or a romantic hero. Or whatever it may be.” TryingMayFilmCertainRolesAudienceTypeHeroAdultsTransitionDemographics Author:Leonardo DiCaprio
“...America has enjoyed the doubtful blessing of a single-track mind. We are able to accommodate, at a time, only one national hero; and we demand that that hero shall be uniform and invincible. As a literate people we are preoccupied, neither with the race nor the individual, but with the type. Yesterday, we romanticized the "tough guy;" today, we are romanticizing the underprivileged, tough or tender; tomorrow, we shall begin to romanticize the pure primitive.” PeopleThinkingMindTodayAbleAmericaRomanceGuyIndividualRaceTypeHeroTomorrowBlessingPureDemandToughTrackYesterdayEnjoyedThoughtfulPrimitiveUniformsInvincibleDoubtfulAccommodateTough GuyUnderprivileged Author:Ellen Glasgow
“I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing. I've always been forward looking. I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want. You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to - or I've never had the benefit, I should probably say - of being inspired by outside heroes.” WantNeedsShouldPersonsBookHardAbleGivenFeltCan DoTypeHeroBenefitsRaisedInspiredNotionAccomplishSingle Person Author:Pierre Omidyar
“The outsider hero is hero riding into town, he's the gunslinger, shame - the same thing, he didn't want to do it anymore, he wanted to live a different life but part of who you are sort of haunts you and you can't run away from evil and if you have special skills, and most people are mistreated, which is unfortunately in our world, we always need an equalizer, that type of character to come to our rescue.” PeopleIfsWorldWantNeedsDifferentCharacterRunningWantedEvilSpecialTypeHeroSkillsTownsShameWho You AreOur WorldRunning AwayRidingRescueOutsidersDifferent LifeEqualizerMistreatedGunslinger Author:Antoine Fuqua
“Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly enough, while all governments aim at producing men of this type to the exclusion of all other types, their heroes in the past are of exactly the sort that they aim at preventing in the present. Americans admire George Washington and Jefferson, but imprison those who share their political opinions.” MenPersonsEnoughGovernmentPastPoliticalOpinionShareTypeHeroCitizensAimPreparedAdmirePreservationStatus QuoPreventingExclusionPolitical Opinions Book:Education and the Social Order Source: Education and the Social Order
“Sacrifice. I'd never been in a position where I was number one on the call sheet, and everything was in my lap. I worked 16 hour days, and I was just not the lead of any film, it was a film about Jesse Owens, one of the greatest heroes of the 20th century. It was a whole new type of responsibility. It was a big weight, and I wanted to do him justice, especially in reviving him after 80 years.” YearsWholeBigsWantedFilmHoursJusticeNumbersResponsibilitySacrificeCenturyPositionTypeHeroWeightSheets20th CenturyLap Author:Stephan James
“When you're have known to do voice-overs for Justice League or Legion of Super Heroes or DC/Marvel, you're kind of on that radar. When you do a ton of Star Treks over your career, then you're kind of on that radar in a way. But that doesn't mean you're going to continue getting that type of work. It just means when you do that type of work, you're more firmly tied to that genre.” WayKindMeanStarsVoiceJusticeKnownCareersTypeHeroGenreLeagueOver YouWorking ItTiedRadarLegionSuper HeroJustice League Author:Phil Morris
“However, after the assassination of Salman Taseer, the killer of Salman Taseer was welcomed by the religious fanatics. And they showered rose petals on him and declared him a hero of Islam. That is a matter of concern for every peace-loving citizen of Pakistan because terrorists and killers should not be given this type of encouragement. And this is encouragement for other people to take lives with their own hands and kill innocent people.” PeopleShouldMatterHandsGivenReligiousTypeHeroCitizensConcernEncouragementRoseIslamTerroristInnocentKillersPakistanFanaticsAssassinationEver AfterPetalsReligious FanaticsRed RoseRose Petals Author:Shahbaz Bhatti
“Your child, your friend your neighbor, somebody looks up and says "You know what? I am going to move my life towards that type of goodness, doing that type of goodness, being that type of goodness and kindness. I think that is how someone becomes a hero.” ThinkingKnowsLooksChildrenMovingKindnessTypeHeroGoodnessOur ChildrenNeighborYour ChildrenLook UpGoodness And Kindness Author:John Assaraf
“A few more albums, a few more years, I'll be like Peter Petrelli in Heroes. I'll be some type of rap super-monster or something.” YearsTypeHeroAlbumsRapMonstersPeter Author:Joe Budden