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hero quotes

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“There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!” Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History
“A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.” G. K. Chesterton, Heretics
“I have yet to see a genius or a hero who, if stuck with a burning match, would feel less pain than his undistinguished average brother.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“Routine, repetition, tedium, monotony, ephemeracy, inconsequence, abstraction, disorder, boredom, angst, ennui—these are the true hero's enemies, and make no mistake, they are fearsome indeed. For they are real.” David Foster Wallace, The Pale King

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The Fountainhead (1)
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On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and The Heroic in History (1)
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