At first he pretended that it was his number-one hero, Shazam, who wanted to date them.

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But our hero is Chinese and we wanted to do something different.

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Mr Bennett added that Mr Rodriguez should be considered an "American hero, a true patriot who only wanted to protect his people and his country".

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Mr Kerry wanted to run as a war hero who understood how best to defuse the various conflicts Mr Bush had rushed into.

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The author wanted the screen Bond to be as much of an anti-hero as in the books.

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He is supposed to be the hero, the man whom U.S. Soccer Federation president, Sunil Gulati, wanted back in 2006 before he had to settle for Bob Bradley.

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He wanted to be known as a writer, and wrote a couple of dozen books, more than his hero Hemingway did.

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