A Quote by Hilary Benn

Do I have political heroes? Probably not wise to.

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Hilary Benn
British - Politician
Born: November 26, 1953

In the 1950s and 1960s, the heroes were the long-term investors; today the heroes are the wise guys.

Michael Steinhardt

My heroes are all dead. I've lots of heroes. My mum is a hero. She had to put up with me and my dad. She is one of my heroes. Some of my friends are heroes. There are so many. But heroes usually let you down, don't they? There is people I admire, people I respect.

Gavin Friday

I don't have individuals that are heroes per say but I will suggest that teachers are heroes for me, our firefighters are heroes for me, our police departments are heroes for me and our leaders are heroes for me.

John Assaraf

In the original 'Fable,' Albion was kind of run by heroes and heroes were the thing, and there weren't any lords or kings, there were just heroes, and greater and greater heroes.

Peter Molyneux

Heroes? Vietnam Vets are heroes. The guys who tried to rescuse our hostages in Iran are heroes. I'm just a hockey player.

Mike Eruzione

I don't choose my villains and heroes for political reasons.

Ruth Rendell

Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.

Victor Hugo

I was born wise. Street-wise, people-wise, self-wise. This wisdom was my birthright.

Sophia Loren

Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes.

Lech Walesa

Political power intoxicates the best hearts. No man is wise enough, nor good enough, to be trusted with much political power.

Hans F. Sennholz

My father's political heroes were Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Bret Stephens

We call the heroes of the past heroes of production.We feel entitled to call the present day magazine heroes 'idols ofconsumption'.Indeed, almosteveryoneofthem is directly, or indirectly, related to the sphere of leisure time.

Leo Lowenthal

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.

Patrick Rothfuss

It's an interesting thing to play the heroes of our society, like cops and firefighters. They're the basic heroes that, as little boys and little girls, you look up to as the first heroes of your small, specific community.

Omari Hardwick

I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

Philip Zimbardo

I'm saying to be a hero it means you step accross the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

Philip Zimbardo

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