[HN Gopher] The Myth of Making It (2019)
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       The Myth of Making It (2019)
        
       Author : really_relay
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2022-06-28 05:09 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | suyash wrote:
       | It's the life long pursuit IMO, there is no end just as there is
       | no end to human desire/ambitions.
        
       | nonrandomstring wrote:
       | Interesting problem of competing with your (past) self and having
       | too much hunger for recognition, surely a recipe for a life spent
       | jumping through other peoples hoops. I recall a lovely Alan Watts
       | talk on the "cake is a lie" of "making it", where he asks "What
       | is your greatest work?" and the answer is "Myself", "..including
       | all the mistakes and failures that got me here".
        
       | k8t wrote:
       | Kirsten Dunst was eventually nominated for Best Supporting
       | Actress at the 2022 Oscars.
       | 
       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations...
        
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