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A quote by Jim Carrey
- One of my favorite pieces of modern wisdom ever uttered comes from Jim Carrey:
“I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion ... No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest. He will tell you that you cannot stop u
... See morefrom Pursuits That Can’t Scale | Theory No. 31 by Anu Atluru
Tejas Gawande added
On being satisfied
- We all want to be famous people—and the moment we want to be something, we are no longer free.
from Think on These Things by Jiddu Krishnamurti
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- Everyone I know is scheming for the future. They’ve got big goals and get up every day and work like mad to try to achieve them. I’ve always found something odd about that: Despite all this effort, people don’t seem to think too much about the specifics of what would happen after their goal is achieved.
from Nobody optimizes happiness by dynomight
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- When you read a biography, everybody wants to know the beginning. There's always a part of the biography after they're super rich and famous and they're donating a bunch of money and I'm glad they're doing all that, that's fundamentally not interesting. How many people can relate to that? But everybody can relate to, hey, I have a dream. This is wh... See more
from Passion & Pain by Patrick O'Shaughnessy
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- If I could give a piece of advice to anyone starting out, in any field really, it would be to allow your imagination to expand to the belief that you are capable of achieving great things. And beyond capability, that you’re worthy.
from Perception by Collaborative Fund
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- If you subconsciously feel you don't deserve to be rich, you'll sabotage your pursuit.But if you feel you truly deserve it, you'll do whatever it takes. So adjust your self-image first.
from How to Live | Derek Sivers by Derek Sivers
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- The biggest problem of success is that the world conspires to stop you doing the thing that you do, because you are successful. There was a day when I looked up and realised that I had become someone who professionally replied to email, and who wrote as a hobby. I started answering fewer emails, and was relieved to find I was writing much more.
from "Make Good Art" by Neil Gaiman
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"The biggest problem of success is that the world conspires to stop you doing the thing that you do, because you are successful. There was a day when I looked up and realised that I had become someone who professionally replied to email, and who wrote as a hobby."
— Neil Gaiman
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