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"Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds."
— Jul 31, 2025 06:20AM
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"But that’s because those others had had help along the way, and Chris Langan never had. It wasn’t an excuse. It was a fact. He’d had to make his way alone, and no one—not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses—ever makes it alone."
harsh truth. heartbreaking part. we have privilege in some ways—some, yet it's still not enough.
— Jul 28, 2025 07:18AM
harsh truth. heartbreaking part. we have privilege in some ways—some, yet it's still not enough.
