"I'm comfortable with anything after the fact."

-- George Saunders

“Success is measured simply by the amount of effort we put forth, in conquering our objectives.”
“The inclination to aggression constitutes the greatest impediment to civilization.”
“There are three goals for any comedian: to make a living as a comedian; I've been fortunate to do that. To make a name for yourself and to be famous would be great - because it would give me that freedom.”
“When in Boston, I shall be able to take you out to dinner, if not to bed. I should greatly prefer the latter, but I must accept my lot.”

Source : L. A. Meyer (2009). “Rapture of the Deep: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Soldier, Sailor, Mermaid, Spy”, p.78, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“The Fighter was about a family struggling to overcome and fighting each other sometimes, and I went back and rewrote this script which I had written for my son initially because my son has mood disorder.”
“Loving myself exactly where I am is the only way to get where I'm going”
“I believe that how you feel is very important to how you look - that healthy equals beautiful.”
“Of all the things we can feel with our minds and bodies, severe pain is the purest, for it drives everything else from our awareness and focuses us as perfectly as we can ever be focused.”

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