You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between.…

David Foster Wallace
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You can be shaped, or you can be broken. There is not much in between. Try to learn. Be coachable. Try to learn from everybody, especially those who fail. This is hard. ... How promising you are as a Student of the Game is a function of what you can pay attention to without running away. ✨ David Foster Wallace (2011). Infinite Jest, p.128, Hachette UK
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