Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - not intellectual courage, but just plain physical courage.
The ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situations.
Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
Even against the greatest of odds, there is something in the human spirit - a magic blend of skill, faith, and valor - that can lift men from certain defeat to incredible victory.