[3054] in Humor
HUMOR: A Great American Writer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sharalee M. Field)
Wed Dec 29 13:34:04 1999
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:32:20 -0500
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From: "Sharalee M. Field" <sharalee_field@harvard.edu>
>From: The DAILY DOSE! <dosemaster@thedailydose.com>
>Date: Wed, 29 Dec 1999 13:19:44 +0200
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>YOU CAN BE ANYTHING WHEN YOU GROW UP!
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>There was once a young man who, in his youth, professed a desire to become a
>"great" writer.
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>When asked to define "great", he said: "I want to write stuff that the whole
>world will read, stuff that people will react to on a truly emotional level,
>stuff that will make them scream, cry, wail, howl in pain, desperation and
>anger!"
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>He now works for Microsoft writing error messages.
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>Source: Nat Harari
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