Don’t work. Avoid telling the truth. Be hated. Love someone.
ADRIAN TANIt is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.
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So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you’ll have another 40 years to go.
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You will find, that when you have someone to love, that the face is less important than the brain, and the body is less important than the heart.
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Rejection requires only one reason. Love requires complete acceptance.
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Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they’re 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation.
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Be hated. One does not have to be evil to be hated. In fact, it’s often the case that one is hated precisely because one is trying to do right by one’s own convictions.
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Finally, you will find that there is no half-measure when it comes to loving someone.
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You are not doing it to be loved back. Its value is to inspire you.
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Find that pursuit that will energize you, consume you, become an obsession.
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It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.
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Four decades in which to live long and prosper.
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You will also find that it is no great tragedy if your love is not reciprocated.
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It is far too easy to be liked, one merely has to be accommodating and hold no strong convictions.
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Then one will gravitate towards the centre and settle into the average. That cannot be your role.
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There is admiration, learning, attraction and something which, for the want of a better word, we call happiness.
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You either don’t, or you do with every cell in your body, completely and utterly, without reservation or apology. It consumes you, and you are reborn, all the better for it.
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