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Quotes About Admiration

If you meet your heroes, you're always going to be disappointed. Frederick Douglass was a great man, but would I want my daughter to marry him? Probably not. That doesn't mean that I don't think he's a great man.
~ James McBride
I think people like to see a little larceny in their heroes.
~ James Garner
Cliff Gallup is one of my heroes; I'd dearly love to meet him.
~ Jeff Beck
My heroes were never scientists. They were Graham Greene and Christopher Isherwood, you know, good writers.
~ James D. Watson
I never grew up with heroes in show business. My hero was my father.
~ Adrian Pasdar
And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by.
~ Richard Attenborough
I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'
~ Dalia Mogahed
I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.
~ George Eads
I had both male and female heroes.
~ Sally Ride
Dean Martin is one of my heroes.
~ Joe Mantegna
We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.
~ Stacie Orrico
To me, I think it's awesome to meet your heroes and find out who they are and where they came from and what made them choose to communicate in the form that connected with you.
~ Neil Strauss
Sacha Baron Cohen is one of my heroes.
~ Moby
Richard Burton is one of my heroes.
~ Mark Shand
Although I think of myself as the greatest heavyweight, I do respect the legends of the past for what they did. But they are not my heroes.
~ Tyson Fury
I've patterned myself after my musical heroes.
~ Trisha Yearwood
I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.
~ Mick Foley
I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
~ Gary Lineker
I love movies, so getting to be in the conversation and meet some of my heroes has been so fun. It's just the most fun thing ever.
~ Greta Gerwig
My heroes are not necessarily people of great ability but ones who did what I think I could not.
~ Richard Cohen
Happily, I had lots of childhood heroes.
~ Kate DiCamillo
My father's political heroes were Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.
~ Bret Stephens
To work with one of your heroes is the greatest things you can ever hope for.
~ Jay DeMarcus
As was shown in 'Soorma,' for me, my father and brother have been my heroes.
~ Sandeep Singh