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We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
We can't all be heroes because someone has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
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- Will Rogers
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- Approximate author period: c. 1907 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1879 to 1935; Wikidata Q457840, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q457840 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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