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“Genius is the ability to independently arrive at and understand concepts that would normally have to be taught by another person.”
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“I cannot make you understand. I cannot make anyone understand what is happening inside me. I cannot even explain it to myself.”
― The Metamorphosis
― The Metamorphosis
“And I think that the ultimate way you and I get lucky is if you have some success early in life, you get to find out early it doesn't mean anything. Which means you get to start early the work of figuring out what does mean something -- David Foster Wallace”
― Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
― Although of Course You End Up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
“You have to do stuff that average people don't understand because those are the only good things.”
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“You know, the whole thing about perfectionism. The perfectionism is very dangerous. Because of course if your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything. Because doing anything results in...it's actually kind of tragic because you sacrifice how gorgeous and perfect it is in your head for what it really is. And there were a couple of years where I really struggled with that.”
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