Ambition Quote by Adrian Tomine

“If you're changing diapers and going to the playground, any ambitions of being a cool guy have to fly out the window.”

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Basically, I know there's no turning back the clock, and it's sort of pointless to mourn what has passed, but I don't know if the alternatives now really replicate the learning experience that I had, in terms of what I gained from making mini-comics. There were certain components of it that are completely gone because of being able to just…

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I wanted all the responsibility to rest on the content of the story. I tried to make the visual style almost invisible.

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Work towards your goal and dont watch the post size,its either they hate,or like you.there is no room for both sides.

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“But young men have not only this frivolous ambition of being thought masters of execution, inciting them on the one hand, but also their natural sloth tempting them on the other. They are terrified at the prospect before them, of the toil required to attain exactness. The impetuosity of youth is disgusted at the slow approaches of a regular siege,…

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