"Sanity ... is the most profound moral option of our time."

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Source : Renata Adler (2013). “Speedboat”, p.8, New York Review of Books

Renata Adler

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“I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.”
“Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.”
“Heroes are made because they are moved. Not in their head, but in their heart.”
“When you're in a rut, you have to question everything except your ability to get out of it.”
“Nobody is trying to save energy. We're trying to shift our use of fuel. Forget saving energy; if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts.”
“When John Cena came to Raw, he immediately got off on the wrong foot with Eric Bischoff. Eric Bischoff said that he thought John Cena was a would be Eminem, and Lord knows one Eminem is enough, but since that time, I have come to respect and really like this kid. This John Cena is a good guy. You can't say anything differently than that.”
“My father was a pimp before he became a deacon or something. These people know how to handle women. I'm the worst guy in the world with women. They run circles around me.”
“I think it's easier to identify with guys who are just trying to make a living and working day to day.”

Source : "Connor Paolo dishes on Revenge and his Gossip Girl BFF!" by Emily Laurence, www.seventeen.com. January 11, 2012.

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