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It's also amazing how many opportunities you miss by not answering the door when one knocks.
by apinstein 16y ago
It's also amazing how many opportunities you miss by not answering the door when one knocks.
- crystalis 16y agoHow many more opportunities do Don Knuth, Tim Ferriss, and Richard Stallman need? Surely everyone who knows to consult Stallman knows how to operate a GNUsignal.
- apinstein 16y ago:) well mostly I was countering this point: > It's amazing how many problems resolve themselves when given sufficient neglect. True, but there's a big downside.
- njl 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Murray http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Murray "Being very detached from the Hollywood scene, Murray does not have an agent or manager and reportedly only fields offers for scripts and roles using a personal telephone number with a voice mailbox that he checks infrequently. This practice has the downside of sometimes preventing him from taking parts that he had auditioned for and was interested in, such as that of Sulley in Monsters, Inc, Bernard Berkman in The Squid and the Whale, Frank Ginsburg in Little Miss Sunshine and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He also regretted losing the chance to play Eddie Valiant in Who Framed Roger Rabbit when he heard that he was considered for the role, which he says he would have definitely accepted." I don't think turning down major opportunities through outright neglect is ever a good habit, even for those with a surfeit.
- indrax 16y agoThis is good fodder for an alternate history fiction.
- ZeroGravitas 16y agoSo someone with 20/20 hindsight has gone through and chosen the good films. How many turkeys did he miss via following the same system?
- jodrellblank 16y agoIs it? How would one know?