The adjuration to be "normal" seems shockingly repellent to me; I see neither hope nor comfort in sinking to that low level. I think it is ignorance that makes people think of abnormality only with horror and allows them to remain undismayed at the proximity of "normal" to average and mediocre. For surely anyone who achieves anything is, a priori, abnormal.
Either find a way, or make one....You can bend but you can never break if you want to achieve excellence.
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Either find a way, or make one....You can bend but you can never break if you want to achieve excellence.
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