Minsuk Kang 강민석
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Minsuk Kang 강민석
The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it — even if they had to work at another job to make a living. How many corporate lawyers would do their current work if they had to do it for free, in their spare time, and take day jobs as waiters to support themselves?
paulgraham.com • How to Do What You Love
Juan Ramón Jiménez
인문학 열풍이라는 말이 있지만, 분명한 사실은 이렇다. 유명한 저자 책은 잘 나가지만, 인문학다운 책 대부분이 초판 팔기도 힘들다는 것. 인문학 열풍이라고 해도 기초학문을 다루는 학과는 사라지고 있다. 그래도 인문학을 읽어야 하는 이유는 공부하는 이유와 비슷하다. 우리는 자유로워지기 위해서 공부한다. 주변에 우리를 속박하는 것들이 많다. 벗어나기 위해서는 뭐가 우리를 옥죄고 속박하는지 알아야 한다. 인문, 역사, 철학 등의 책을 읽으면 우리를 가장 불편하게 하고, 우리의 자유를 무엇이 속박하는지 알 수 있다. 인문학 책을 읽어야 하는 이유는 우리가 자유로워지기 위해서다.
“A developed country is not one where the poor own cars, but one where the rich use public transportation.” — Gustavo Pedro
Making a living from your work comes so much later in the process of being an artist. The first layer of needs for an artist is to have something that naturally comes out of you. Second is having subject matters that inspires you. Third is having the willingness to keep doing it and to get better at it. Fourth is maybe that you have enough positive... See more
Will W.
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Maverick Mac
Steven Pressfield on determination:
"I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-iveness. It’s work, you gotta work, do the freakin’ work. That’s why you’re gonna make it, son. You work. No one can take that away from you."
"I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-iveness. It’s work, you gotta work, do the freakin’ work. That’s why you’re gonna make it, son. You work. No one can take that away from you."
"Do you think it's ever okay to lie?" I ask.
"I advocate never lying in personal relationships. But if you have Anne Frank in your attic and a Nazi knocks on the door, lie....I lie to any government official." (Blanton's politics are just this side of Noam Chomsky's.) "I lie to the IRS. I always take more deductions than are justified. I lie in... See more
"I advocate never lying in personal relationships. But if you have Anne Frank in your attic and a Nazi knocks on the door, lie....I lie to any government official." (Blanton's politics are just this side of Noam Chomsky's.) "I lie to the IRS. I always take more deductions than are justified. I lie in... See more