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August 28, 2004

Echec et mat

Another friend of mine, who knew that I was going to have a couple of weeks alone without interruptions, and knew me well enough to know the answer to her question was an almost unqualified yes, asked me if I was looking forward to the solitude.

Neither was my friend who wrote, "You've got to be alone to write," boxing herself intentionally into checkmate, nor was my other friend doing it to me. Or maybe the latter friend was.

Losing doesn't make you work harder to become a winner. It makes you want to change the rules.

Posted by Mark at August 28, 2004 10:16 PM

Comments

I like the quote "losing does't make you want to work harder..................." Is that original with you?

Posted by: Dana at August 31, 2004 11:44 PM

As far as I know, that's not a quote from somebody else.

Searching for it on Google doesn't bring up any hits.

Posted by: Mark at September 1, 2004 06:20 AM