“You must consider whether your nature is better suited for busy activity or for leisurely study and contemplation, and must turn as your character directs. Talent responds badly to coercion; where nature is reluctant, labor is vain.” —Seneca
Text message to Kevin:
“I’m okay. how are you? I feel creatively bankrupt. Might get into Hummel daytrading or Smurf figurines. Wheat markets.”
“And make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You’re a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. I was there. We all were there. You’re barely functional. There are some screw-ups headed your way. I wish I could tell you that there was a trick to avoiding the screw-ups, but the screw-ups, they’re a-coming for ya. It’s a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb,” - Aaron Sorkin, at Syracuse’s commencement.
