“Growing up, I looked up to real women. I didn't go in for hero worship and I still don't. Everybody has feet of clay.”

—  Lucy Lawless

Benjamin Morrison (January 14, 1997) "Visiting Warriors - Xena and Hercules Flex Their Muscles at NATPE", The Times-Picayune, p. F1.

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