"Heroes are damned. No mortal conquers Death."

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Shan Sa

#Hero Quotes #Conquer Quotes

“Parenting is a giant responsibility forever, so we need to learn how to drop the guilt and go easy on ourselves when we mess up.”
“I don't like Paris so much.”
“To support whatever is right, and to bring in justice where weve had so much injustice.”
“What we did is we went on those parabolic flights, which people like to call the vomit comet. Basically, the plane throws you up into the air and catches you. And for about 30 seconds, you feel like there's no gravity. So what we did was we did a series of eight of those in a row. And every time we landed, we stayed perfectly still for the five minutes in between while the plane is setting up so that we could just continue the routine where we had left off. So the final video you see is all one take. And we seem to be weightless the entire time.”

Source : "OK Go Drops New Zero-Gravity Video". "Weekend Edition Sunday" with Rachel Martin, www.npr.org. February 14, 2016.
“There are only twelve tones and they need to be treated carefully.”
“Dreams can become a reality when we possess a vision that is characterized by the willingness to work hard, a desire for excellence, and a belief in our right and our responsiblity to be equal members of society.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You know who has tenure? The pope has tenure. The Queen of England has tenure. So does Fidel and the communists - because they represent the people, of course (scoff). Federal judges have tenure as well - no federal judge has ever successfully been removed. And then there's the college professors. Me. How do you like that?”
“Her beauty was sold for an old man's gold. She's a bird in a gilded cage.”

Source : "A Bird in a Gilded Cage" (song) (1900)

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