"Stoner" argues that we are ultimately measured by our capacity to face the truth of who we are in private moments, not by the burnishing of our public selves
What makes a life heroic is the quality of attention paid to it.
The 20th century ushered in a shift from a "culture of character" which emphasized the importance of private behavior , to one of "personality" in which the exalted social role was that of a performer.
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"I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious" - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)
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