..The stuff you learn beforehand will never be one-tenth as useful as the stuff you learn the hard way, on the job. - Hugh MacLeod

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Anyone can be an idealist. Anyone can be a cynic. The hard part lies somewhere in the middle.

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How to Be Creative · March 1, 2009 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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If you accept the pain, it cannot hurt you.

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Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity · June 11, 2009 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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If you try to make something just to fit your uninformed view of some hypothetical market, you will fail. If you make something special and powerful and honest and true, you will succeed.

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