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Rejection
“Most dazzling human achievements are, in fact, the aggregate of countless individual elements, each of which is, in a sense, ordinary.”– Angela Duckworth (Another way of stating this is that individually we are ordinary, but together we are extra ordinary). Layers and layers of simple inventions, like the parts of…
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Surprises
“Man is a deterministic device thrown into a probabilistic universe. In this match, surprises are expected.”– Michael Lewis The only thing we can truly predict in this world is that the world will be unpredictable. This can scare some people, as we naturally don’t like surprises, but acceptance is the…
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Persistence
“Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.”– Steve Martin I always thought Steve Martin was one of the most talented people in the world, which goes to show how his persistence and drive to be a better comedian, actor, musician, and visionary in the film industry has contributed to…