We exit the womb as unmolded clay, and then life stretches and squeezes us into the
shapes we become. Genetic predisposition aside, monks, gangsters, and
physicists are created, not conceived, through an existential apprenticeship of
exposure, inspiration, and practice.
It works out all right when your role model is Dr. Phil. Less so
when it's Dr. Mengele.
Following in devious footsteps...
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