"My readers often say to me, 'If we lived next door to each other, we'd be best friends.' That is precisely what I wanted to say to smart, funny, self-effacing Ellen McCarthy after I finished reading The Real Thing. I loved every lesson laid out in a book that wouldn't dare to call itself a field guide to marriage but amounts to as much on every page. This is a deeply useful little book."

-- Kelly Corrigan

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“Upon looking back from the end of the last chapter and surveying the texture of what has been wrote, it is necessary, that upon this page and the five following, a good quantity of heterogeneous matter be inserted, to keep up that just balance betwixt wisdom and folly, without which a book would not hold together a single year.”
“Video artists being at the low end of the totem pole economically, one of the ways we survive is to go around showing work and giving these talks.”
“Fear is crippling. Fear of the future can convince us that there is no way out and nothing is ever going to get better. Fear is blinding; it can make us miss the warning signs flashing right in front of our eyes. It can also make you miss those brilliant flashes of color, when the world isn't so gray. But, if you think about it, being afraid isn't such a bad thing. Because fear is a reminder that you still have something to lose. Something worth holding onto.”

Source : FaceBook post by Cassia Leo from Jul 22, 2014
“I have to go," he said. "You don't understand. Someone wants to kill me. "Someone wants to kill you?" she repeated. "Well, I want to make love to you. My goodness, Julian. With two such compelling alternatives, however will you choose?”
“I'm okay with standing in my way and in turn allowing it to impede my progress, but I'm okay with the struggle of overcoming obstacles despite myself.”

Source : "Origin Series: Mad Men And The Walking Dead actor Josh McDermitt". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I'm not afraid to learn from my coaches.”
“My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.”

Source : Diane Arbus (2003). “Diane Arbus: revelations”, Random House (NY)
“I'm a bit of a freak for evidence-based analysis. I strongly believe in data.”

Source : "Is the Freedom of Information Act a good thing?". Interview with Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. April 27, 2012.

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