Blue Like Jazz (2003, Nelson Books)
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself”
Variant: A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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“She might be a great person, but life's so much bigger than just loving someone.”
Source: Nocturnes: Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

"The World of the Hero" (1976)

Riyadh-as-Saliheen by Imam Al-Nawawi, volume 3, hadith number 467
Sunni Hadith

Interview published with the Biograph album set (1985)
“Humility is throwing oneself away in complete concentration on something or someone else.”

This Business of Living (1935-1950)