“Look at you. You'd trade anything for a warm look. I'm telling you here and now, I want to see the starch in your character cultivated. If you are looking for reassurance, you can be fooled. If you forget yourself and study others, you will not be fooled.”
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John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright known for his profound exploration of human nature and unique narrative style. His works have won numerous Tony Awards and Pulitzer Prizes, with his most famous play being 'Doubt: A Parable'. more
“Talent develops in quiet places, character in the full current of human life.”
“Beyond blood and border begins human life, beyond curves and clothes begins character.”
“Most of us are roughly 3 standard deviations from the mean until a narcissist enters the room.”