“You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and mo…” — Bob Black · The Inspired Sage

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You are what you do. If you do boring, stupid monotonous work, chances are you'll end up boring, stupid and monotonous. Work is a much better explanation for the creeping cretinization all around us than even such significant moronizing mechanisms as television and education.

Bob Black

— Bob Black

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