It's very confusing when fame comes early on in your career. You get a little bit bent out of shape in terms of what's important. Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.

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We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality

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The evasion of responsibility is the major cause of most peoples frustrations and defeats.

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If a society is to be free, its government has to be controlled.

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Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living. ― Buddha Siddhartha Guatama Shakyamuni

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When we accept any discipline for ourselves, we try to avoid everything except that which is necessary for our purpose; it is this purposefulness, which belongs to the adult mind, that we force upon school children. We say, “Never keep your mind alert.

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What I value most in my friends is loyalty. - David Mamet

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When I create any dish, literally the first thing I think of is, what is the purpose behind this dish? Why am I putting this ingredient in it? - Esther Choi

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Your true purpose is to become your own unique self, and to do so with happiness and freedom from fear. ― Bryant McGill

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Each of our acts makes a statement as to our purpose.

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