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“All of these other people threw themselves into the challenges, yet we don’t remember their names. The razzle-dazzle process that transforms nobodies into exemplary heroes is a curious one because sometimes it celebrates valour while simultaneously ignoring it in others. None of these forgotten people were any less altruistic than the eventual superstars bathed in limelight, but it was only Darling, Nightingale and Seacole who emitted the right sort of narrative charisma. The media found them intrinsically fascinating, and so only they were forged into public heroes, while their comrades in risk slunk back into anonymity.”
― Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
― Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
“How easy it is, for those who want for little, to decide what is right and good for those who are in need of much.”
― Death in Ten Minutes: The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion
― Death in Ten Minutes: The forgotten life of radical suffragette Kitty Marion
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