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> [“I used to try to hypnotize myself into a Zen-like state of resignation at the outset. It doesn't work, not for this grasshopper. I have my own process, as they say. I call it the motherfucker process.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-b-crawford/i-used-to-try-to-hypnotize-myself-into-a-zen-like-state-of/)

[Matthew B. Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-b-crawford/)

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