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“The people I looked up to put their demons out there. They provided a path for me to walk on.”
— Juice WRLD, Juice Wrld Interview: "the rap game is so muthafuc*in' soft right now"
Tagged: Demons, Heroes, kurt cobain
“Envy the country that has heroes, huh? I say pity the country that needs them.”
— Denton Van Zan, Reign of Fire
Tagged: Heroes, Pity, Envy, dragon movies
“Yeah, well, there’s this dawning awareness that, out of a plethora of heroes, the ultimate hero will emerge. Think about this psychologically. Just think about it psychologically. Imagine that what human beings are trying to do is abstract out the ultimate patterns for modes of Being. So what they do is they look for admirable people, and then they make a story about an amalgam of admirable people—that would be a hero—and then the heroes’ stories get amalgamated, so you get a meta-hero. Christ is a meta-hero. This is completely independent of any historical reality.”
— Jordan B. Peterson, Jordan B Peterson | *Spring 2017* | full-length interview
Tagged: Heroes, Ubermensch, Christ
“[The Kremlin, Moscow: Legasov and Ulana Khomyuk explain the consequences of a nuclear meltdown with full water tanks]

Ulana Khomyuk: When the lava enters these tanks, it will instantly superheat and vaporize approximately 7,000 cubic meters of water, causing a significant thermal explosion.

Gorbachev: How significant?

Khomyuk: We estimate between two and four megatons. Everything within a thirty-kilometer radius will be completely destroyed, including the three remaining reactors at Chernobyl. The entirety of the radioactive material in all of the cores will be ejected at force and dispersed by a massive shock wave, which will extend approximately two hundred kilometers and likely be fatal to the entire population of Kiev, as well as a portion of Minsk. The release of radiation will be severe, and will impact all of Soviet Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, Byelorussia, as well as Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, and most of East Germany.

Gorbachev: What do you mean, ‘impact’?

Legasov: For much of the area, a nearly permanent disruption of the food and water supply, a steep increase in the rates of cancer and birth defects. I don't know how many deaths there will be, but many. For Byelorussia and the Ukraine, ‘impact’ means completely uninhabitable for a minimum of one hundred years.

Gorbachev: [visibly shaken] There are more than fifty million people living in Byelorussia and Ukraine.

Legasov: Sixty, yes.

Gorbachev: And how long before this happens?

Legasov: Approximately 48 to 72 hours. But we may have a solution. We can pump the water from the tanks. Unfortunately, the tanks are sealed shut by a sluice gate, and the gate can only be opened manually from within the duct system itself. So we need to find three plant workers who know the facility well enough to enter the basement here, find their way through all these duct ways, get to the sluice gate valve here, and give us the access we need to pump out the tanks. Of course, we will need your permission.

Gorbachev: My permission for what?

Legasov: Um, the water in these tanks... the level of radioactive contamination—

Khomyuk: They'll likely be dead in a week.

Legasov: We're asking for your permission to... kill three men.

Gorbachev: Comrade Legasov... all victories inevitably come at a cost.”
— Mikhail Gorbachev, Chernobyl, Miniseries: Please Remain Calm
Tagged: Chernobyl, Nuclear Reactors, Uranium, Fission, U-235, Radiation, Nuclear Meltdown, Heroes, Sacrifice
“[Legasov and Shcherbina faces incredulous workers as they ask for volunteers in a suicidal mission to open the sluice gate valve]

You'll do it because nobody else can. And if you don't, millions will die. If you tell me that's not enough I won't believe you. This is what has always set our people apart. A thousand years of sacrifice in our veins. And every generation must know its own suffering.”
— Boris Shcherbina, Chernobyl, Miniseries: Please Remain Calm
Tagged: Chernobyl, Nuclear Reactors, Uranium, Fission, U-235, Radiation, Nuclear Meltdown, Heroes, Sacrifice
“When one's young, it seems very easy to distinguish between right and wrong. But, as one gets older, it becomes more difficult. The villains and the heroes get all mixed up.”
— René Mathis, Quantum of Solace
Tagged: young, Old, Villains, Heroes, Right And Wrong
“I need to believe that no matter what happens in our lives, no matter how much darkness infects us, I need to believe that we can come back from that!”
— Oliver Queen, Arrow, Season 4: Brotherhood
Tagged: Believe, Darkness, infection, Come Back, Life, Ups and Downs, Heroes
“You have failed this city!”
— Oliver Queen, Arrow, Season 1: Betrayal
Tagged: Failure, Fail, City, Heroes, Superheroes, Duty, pressure
“[Clemenza prepares Michael for his meeting with Sollozzo]
Clemenza: [holding up a .22] It's as cold as they come, impossible to trace. So you don't have to worry about prints, Mike. I put a special tape on the trigger and the butt. Here, try it... [Michael takes the gun, but can't seem to fire it] What's the matter, trigger too tight? [With a loud bang, Michael finally discharges the gun]

Michael: Ow! My ears.

Clemenza: Yeah, I left it noisy. That way it scares any pain-in-the-ass innocent bystanders away. All right, you shot them both, now what do you do?

Michael: Sit down and finish my dinner.

Clemenza: Come on, kid, don't fool around. Just let your hand drop to your side and the gun slip out. Everyone will still think you've got it. They're gonna be staring at your face, Mike. So walk out of the place real fast, but you don't run. Don't look nobody directly in the eye, hut don't look away either. They're gonna be scared of you, believe me, so don't worry about nothing. [while talking, Clemenza takes the gun and begins working on it to fix the trigger] You know, Mike, you're gonna turn out all right. You take a long vacation, nobody knows where, and we'll catch the hell.

Michael: How bad do you think it's gonna be?

Clemenza: Pretty goddamned bad. Probably all the other Families will line up against us. That's all right. These things gotta happen every five years or so, ten years. Helps to get rid of the bad blood. Been ten years since the last one. You know, you gotta stop them at the beginning. Like they should have stopped Hitler at Munich, they should never let him get away with that, they was just asking for trouble. [Clemenza now finishes working on the gun] You know, Mike, we was all proud of you being a hero and all. Your father too. [Clemenza hands the gun back to Michael]”
— Pete Clemenza, The Godfather
Tagged: Pride, Heroes, Guns, Murder, Hitler, Munich
“Had Rick heard and felt the beginning of the building’s collapse? Had he known what was coming? These thoughts kept her awake, night after night.”
— James B. Stewart, The Real Heroes Are Dead
Tagged: Heroes, 9/11, September 11th, Memorials, Grief, Grieving
“We’re not training you to be heroes. We’re training you to be FBI.”
— Liam O'Connor, Quantico, Season 1: Fast
Tagged: Training, Heroes, FBI
“What if you’re not the hero? What if you’re just another villain? The real villain.”
— Syd Barrett, Legion, Season 2: Chapter 9
Tagged: Heroes, Villains, Evil, Good Vs Evil
“All right. We’re facing an army of Romans, Vikings, and pirates. But you know what today is? Today’s the day that we prove that Rip did not sacrifice his life in vain. And today is the day that we prove that we are not losers. And today is the day that we earn the name Legends. Now, how do we sneak out the back?”
— Sara Lance / White Canary, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Season 3: The Good, The Bad and The Cuddly
Tagged: Vikings, Romans, pirates, Sacrifice, Death, losers, Legends, winners, victory, War, Fight, Heroes, Sassy, joke
“I could have chosen any time and any place. Of all the people who ever lived, I chose you eight. I certainly hope that you won’t let me, and the world, down.”
— Rip Hunter, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Season 1: Pilot, Part 1
Tagged: Time, Place, time travel, Chose, Choice, Heroes, Inspirational
“I know it’s difficult for you to fathom, but where… when I’m from, the year 2166, you and everyone on this roof aren’t just considered heroes… You’re legends.”
— Rip Hunter, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Season 1: Pilot, Part 1
Tagged: Legend, difficult, fathom, Future, Hero, Heroes, time travel, Inspirational
“In 2166, an immortal tyrant named Vandal Savage conquered the world and murdered my wife and child. I have assembled an elite team to hunt him throughout time and stop his rise to power. Unfortunately, my plan is opposed by the body I’d sworn my allegiance to, the Time Masters. In the future, my friends may not be heroes, but if we succeed, they will be remembered as legends.”
— Rip Hunter, DC's Legends of Tomorrow, Season 1: Pilot, Part 1
Tagged: tyrant, Enemy, Murder, Violence, Power, Time Masters, Heroes, Legends, Inspirational
“It’s okay to be a pawn, Holden, so long as you’re on the right side.”
— Col. Frederick Lucius Johnson, The Expanse, Season 1: Rock Bottom
Tagged: Chess, Pawn, Metaphor, Heroes, Sacrifice
“I can start a war or end one. I can give you the strength of heroes or leave you powerless. I might be snared with a glance but no force can compel me to stay. What am I?”
— Edward Nygma / The Riddler, Gotham, Season 1: Under the Knife
Tagged: Riddles, War, Heroes
“Cheeseburger, onion rings, and a list of people who killed their parents and got away with it. I’m looking for heroes.”
— Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls, Season 4: An Affair to Remember
Tagged: cheeseburger, onion rings, Parricide, Heroes
“The great protagonists are those who fight for their ideas and ideals despite the fact that they receive no recognition at the hands of their contemporaries. They are the men whose memories will be enshrined in the hearts of the future generations. It seems then as if each individual felt it his duty to make retroactive atonement for the wrong which great men have suffered at the hands of their contemporaries. Their lives and their work are then studied with touching and grateful admiration. Especially in dark days of distress, such men have the power of healing broken hearts and elevating the despairing spirit of a people.”
— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Tagged: Heroes, Individualists, Great Men, admiration, Struggle

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