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73. Turning Work into Play

People I (Mostly) Admire

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Aren't We Said to Get Full?

'I'm just tired of hearing myself talk,' he writes. 'The banquet had been wonderful, but now i was full.' He doesn't know many people at his stage of life who can say they're full. And that's what kind of worries him. Might you be full and not know it? A good friend of mine, just a brilliant person so accomplished. Asked me once, what percentage of all the things you want to accomplish in life have you accomplished so far without missing a bead? I said, a hundred and 72. It's so far beyond anything i ever imagined or desired that i'm done. Is this a disease? There might be something wrong with me?'

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