never meet your heroes
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- It is unwise to seek personal acquaintance with people whom one has regarded with high esteem, as they often fail to fulfill one's expectations, resulting in disappointment.
- 2008 July 22, Phill Jupitus, “Blood, sweat and ink”, in Guardian[1], retrieved May 15, 2021:
- I'm a great believer in the maxim that you should never meet your heroes. I thought of these artists as rebellious, ink-spattered heroes, righting wrongs. What if they turned out to be ranting misanthropes or monosyllabic recluses?
- 2011 February 18, Michael Oliveira, “Deadmau5 mingles and murders in Minecraft”, in The Star[2], retrieved May 15, 2021:
- They say you should never meet your heroes, so fans of Canadian DJ and music producer Deadmau5 might want to consider the risks before looking him up online.
- 2019 January 29, Ellie Kemper, “What I Learned From the Cast of ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’”, in New York Times[3], retrieved May 15, 2021:
- [Y]ou know how they say never meet your heroes? Well, they’re wrong. Jane was everything I had hoped for and more.