"The madness of youth made me unafraid."

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Source : Lauren DeStefano (2013). “Perfect Ruin”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Lauren DeStefano

#Youth Quotes #Madness Quotes #Made Quotes

“If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.”
“Stand up for what is right, regardless of who is committing the wrong.”
“The fruits of the earth do not more obviously require labor and cultivation to prepare them for our use and subsistence, than our faculties demand instruction and regulation in order to qualify us to become upright and valuable members of society, useful to others, or happy ourselves.”
“Oh-do be careful with that! That's my Buddha hand grenade. Twist the head twice and throw it and anyone within ten yards can say their prayers.”
“You just believe in positive thinking. And you can do a lot more with the body than you think you can.”
“You must not refuse any additional cups of tea under the following circumstances: if it is hot; if it is cold; if you are tired; if anybody thinks that you might be tired; if you are nervous; if you are gay; before you go out; if you are out; if you have just returned home; if you feel like it; if you do not feel like it; if you have had no tea for some time; if you have just had a cup.”
“A film has its own life and takes its own time.”
“[...] allowing only ordinary ability and opportunity, we may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!! Not transient and fitful effort, but patient, enduring, honest, unremitting and indefatigable work into which the whole heart is put[...] There is no royal road to perfection.”

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