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Few people actually nominate themselves in this way. Most defer to the meaning-making apparatus of their culture, taking comfort in the fact that others have built a meaning nest for them. This built-in cover allows them to avoid taking responsibility and at the same time causes them to grow grandiose, narcissistic, and egotistical. As soon as you put on the robes of your culture and add gravity to your mere humanness by wearing the badge of your profession, your club, your gang, or your clan, you … refuse to engage in the process of personal meaning-making, with its requirements of honesty and self-awareness.

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The artist's personality, built upon strong desires and compassionate vision, is by its nature prone to depression.

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A composition is an arrangement, built out of parts, that aims at seamlessness.

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Even though we require flexibility to negotiate our changing circumstances, we are rather built to anxiously turn away from alternatives.

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