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“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” Winston Churchill, The Second World War

“History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts.” Ian Fleming, Casino Royale

“We have trained them to think of the Future as a promised land which favoured heroes attain—not as something which everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is” C. S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters

“Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes.” Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club

“Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.” Charles Dickens, David Copperfield

“she preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.” Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

“Heroes get kingdoms and princesses, and they take regular exercise, and when they smile the light glints off their teeth, ting.” Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!

“One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.” Steve Jobs

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