“I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.”
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American actor and film director
Quoted in Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein (1988), p. 314
“I would like to perfect the art of being studiously aloof”
Source: Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castle
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