"The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph."

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Source : Garth Stein (2008). “The Art of Racing in the Rain”, Harper

Garth Stein

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“Because English is the universal language. No matter where you come from, if you sing in English, you can cross over to the world.”
“If you say to yourself, okay, I will not self-destruct. I don't have to be the most talented person. I don't have to be everybody's best friend, I don't have to be liked, I don't have to be successful, well, one thing I will not do is self-destruct. If you take that out, your chances for success just went up like 800 percent.”

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“I never felt a need to manipulate my career from the outside - try to be someone I wasn't to get ahead.”
“At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere, backstage, you will meet an older actor, someone who has been around awhile. He will tell you tales and anecdotes, about life in the theatre. He will speak to you about your performance and the performances of others, and he will generalize to you, based on his experience and his intuitions, about the laws of the stage. Ignore this man!'”
“The public pays and feels it is entitled to participate in the personal affairs of a performer.”
“Enjoy the peace your valor won. Let independence be our boast, Ever mindful what it cost; Ever grateful for the prize, Let its altar reach the skies!”
“No pleasure is simpler, no luxury cheaper, no consciousness-altering substance more benign.”
“The end-of-summer winds make people restless.”

Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

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