Comments | sarabande7: We Can Be Heroes. . .

sarabande7

We Can Be Heroes. . .

Jun 25, 2007 02:30

"I, I will be King. . .and You, You will be Queen ( Read more... )

politics, collaboration, social dynamics, philosophy, rant

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flutehues June 25 2007, 15:13:44 UTC

The vast number of "heroes" offered us on tv and in movies seem to be there to deter the rest of us from even attempting to be heroes. My "A Word a Day" gave me this quote, the other day: Do not commit the error, common among the young, of assuming that if you cannot save the whole of mankind, you have failed. -Jan de Hartog, playwright and novelist (1914-2002)

I have found this helpful, during the hopelessness of the summer.

Heroes. . .not Superheroes sarabande7 June 26 2007, 08:08:30 UTC

And this, I think, is the difference. Unless you're not talking about NBC's current hit ( ... )