"Even Plato, I think, said that you need to be trained in government, to exercise it, to practice it. But the American public is now satisfying itself with being interested in entertainers. I was at a seminar a few weeks ago down at the Smithsonian. They held a conference on the subject of the hero. And I guess I should have realized that this was what it was about, that the level would not be exactly my idea of a hero. And it certainly was not. It was quite weird, what they considered heroes. The real hero of the discussion was this little girl whoâd fallen down a well, and everybody was rescuing her. I mean, after all, she didnât do anything to make herself a hero. She was just in the news. And another hero they discussed was Elvis Presley"
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Elvis Presley
film actor, singer, composer
1935 â 1977 · United States
(8 January 1935 â 16 August 1977) was an American singer, musician, and actor. Popularly known by his first name as "Elvis," as "The King of Rock and Roll" or simply as "The King," he is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century.
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