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Don__ make stuff because you want to make money _ it will never make you enough money. And don__ make stuff because you want to get famous _ because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people _ and work hard on making those gifts in the hope that those people will notice and like the gifts.Maybe they will notice how hard you worked, and maybe they won__ _ and if they don__ notice, I know it__ frustrating. But, ultimately, that doesn't change anything _ because your responsibility is not to the people you__e making the gift for, but to the gift itself.
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Don__ make stuff because you want to make money _ it will never make you enough money. And don__ make stuff because you want to get famous _ because you will never feel famous enough. Make gifts for people _ and work hard on making those gifts in the hope that those people will notice and like the gifts.Maybe they will notice how hard you worked, and maybe they won__ _ and if they don__ notice, I know it__ frustrating. But, ultimately, that doesn't change anything _ because your responsibility is not to the people you__e making the gift for, but to the gift itself.

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