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Once people decide they want you to do something, they don’t really care what your qualifications are.
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The only time “faith” seems negative is when it’s prefaced by the word “blind.” But blind faith is the only kind of faith there
the age of eight, Charlie Brown is considering a reality that most people don’t confront until much later: a realization that the future is limited.
That’s the elevator pitch. But that’s completely unrelated to what the show has become. The central question on Breaking Bad is this: What makes a man “bad”—his actions, his motives, or his conscious decision to be a bad person?
Within any random group, the smartest guy is the funniest guy.
group dynamics
dozens of 272-pound men accelerate at speeds that would have made them Olympic sprinters during the 1950s.
Nobody looks back at Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and says, “I guess this music is okay, but it doesn’t really count. Those guys were obviously high in the studio.”
You can be accidentally successful for three or four years. Accidents happen. But careers take work.”
having a decent idea is more important than being talented.”
You could say I’ve treated my body like a temple, assuming you’re referring to the way Jesus treated temples.
