“But why does everything you love have to be a career?” “You mean just do them? For the fun of it?” “Is that as illegal as you make it sound?” I asked. “But how do you pay the rent?” “Pick the one that makes a living and doesn’t take up too much time, and do the rest on your own time,” I suggested. He thought for a minute. “That’s a good idea . . . but then everything else would just be a hobby. I’m very serious about everything I love.” “Leonardo da Vinci seems to have been serious about everything he loved, too,” I said. “Pretty much the only thing he was paid for was painting until he was
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