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How many times you heard this "if I got rich I would retire and spend the rest of my life enjoying in what I love most", contradicted by opposite maxim "the work is essence, if I didn't work I couldn't live"?
I ran across a statement by playwright Martin McDonagh from 2008-->
In a 2008 interview with the Stop Smiling magazine, McDonagh revealed "I've got a couple of film scripts that are ready to go. I'm not going to do anything with them for a couple of years, until I've traveled and had some fun"!
At the time he gained the fame as a playwright and was waiting a chance to do something in film.
He did travel and he did make this film indees, in 2012--->
Seven Psychopaths which he wrote, produced and directed for 15 million dollars budget and the film earned 30 million.
Awesome to do such thing.
I remembered other examples of hiatus in the world of art, film and entertainment.
2.
Guy Pearce
--> After "L.A. Confidential" he was rich and famous but he spent time traveling, playing guitar and smoking pot.
3.
Joe Pesci
In 1999, Pesci announced his retirement from acting to pursue a musical career and to enjoy life away from the camera.
I think he got too tired from that sex scenes with Sharon Stone...
4.
Mike Meyers
After "Austin Powers III" he did only voice and had some minor roles as in "Inglorious Basterds".
True happiness is in erasing "if" from one's vocabulary. To want
nothing, to expect as much, and to completely give up on life
being good, beautiful, or fair. To continue breathing merely by
automatic pilot and, most importantly, to be utterly pessimistic
about everything.
That way, whatever mildly good happening will be a huge surprise
and sheer enjoyment. If not, then one will be able to experience
quite often the deep pleasure of saying "I knew it" or "I told you so".
This, you weird nerds, is the wisest thing you will ever read anywhere.
You're welcome.
Originally posted by Great King RatMy problems with the lottery.
The luckiest people get maximum enjoyment out of work. I am not one of those. The day I win the lottery will be the day my boss receives my letter of resignation. There will be poop in there as well.
1. No skill is required, whatsoever. Every successful business venture requires some good fortune, but without skill and good decision-making, no business venture can be sustained with good fortune as its sole value.
2. No one respects good fortune. As a general rule, man has a tendency to distrust success when it appears to be the result of happenstance. The full-court shot is the act of a desperate man and is only allowed at the professional level when no other options are available.
3. Those who win the lottery are overwhelmingly the least qualified to manage the wealth. There are always exceptions to the rule, but the general rule of thumb with respect to lottery winners is that their lives are worse having won than their lives would have been without.
4. Can't get no satisfaction. Lottery winnings change a person's perspective from consuming to live to living to consume. When every day is your birthday, your birthday becomes increasingly less special and eventually loses all luster.
5. Change in ownership. Without inordinate wealth, the profound experiences in life are priceless; with inordinate wealth one is constantly measuring to see if enough is available to guaranty the experiences.
This isn't an anti-consumerism, severe minimalist approach to life I'm advocating.
Having very, very little to having a great deal has convinced me that more is often less.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHIs yours stuck in the good ol' headache line?
At least yours gives the refusal some effort...
I sorted that one out one day when I came to bed holding two
aspirins and a glass of water and offered them to her. Puzzled,
she told me she had no headache, after which I joyfully exclaimed
"good, let's shag then!"
Originally posted by SeitseI actually tried that one.
Is yours stuck in the good ol' headache line?
I sorted that one out one day when I came to bed holding two
aspirins and a glass of water and offered them to her. Puzzled,
she told me she had no headache, after which I joyfully exclaimed
"good, let's shag then!"
She asked why I wasn't on the couch.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI'll take my chances.
My problems with the lottery.
1. No skill is required, whatsoever. Every successful business venture requires some good fortune, but without skill and good decision-making, no business venture can be sustained with good fortune as its sole value.
2. No one respects good fortune. As a general rule, man has a tendency to distrust success when it appe ...[text shortened]... ting.
Having very, very little to having a great deal has convinced me that more is often less.
The draw is tomorrow. I'm feeling rather lucky this time.