"Tim Thornton's portrait of a pop culture obsession is so convincing that one can't help wishing that his fictional alt rock band actually existed, or suspecting that they did. The Alternative Hero is a weirdly compelling portrait of fanatic fandom which reads like High Fidelity at high volume."

-- Jay McInerney

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“There ain't anything worth doing a man can do and keep his dignity. Can you figure out a single thing you really please-God like to do you can do and keep your dignity? The human frame just ain't built that way.”
“I don't necessarily find superheroes in general, for me, that appealing. I'd much prefer to play, if I was to be cast in a superhero film, I'd prefer to play the villain because there's a reason, there's a motive behind their madness.”
“Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark.”
“Correct me if I am wrong, but I personally feel that the Indian body type is not cut out to be size zero. I am not size zero and I don't believe in that either.”

Source : "Padukone: 'Size zero doesn't suit Indians'" by Will Astbury, www.digitalspy.com. March 8, 2010.
“We had two goals...One was to cherish every moment together, cherish the journey because the journey allows you to learn and grow. The other was to win a gold medal.”
“And if God's good word goes unspoken, the music goes all night.”

Source : "Song: "Don't Push"". "40 Oz. to Freedom", June 1, 1992.
“[Martin] Luther did not regard the water in baptism as common water, but as a water which had become, through the Word with its inherent divine power, a gracious water of life, a washing of regeneration. Through this divine efficacy of the Word the sacrament effects regeneration.”
“This is growing up, having to stomp out love, this is how people turn terrible.”

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