The Life On Jupiter And Other Planets
But I must explain to you how all this mistaken idea of denouncing pleasure and praising pain was born and I will give you a complete account of the system, […]
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Pluto and the Icy Outer Solar System Ramon Crum
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The Large Hadron Collider and the Search for the Higgs-Boson Ramon Crum
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Building a Career in Astronomy Ramon Crum
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Pros And Cons Of Online Education For The World Citizen Ramon Crum
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Documentary Funding: The Fundraising Secret That Will Take You From Zero to $50,000
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Documentary Funding: The Fundraising Secret That Will Take You From Zero to $50,000 Ramon Crum
Filmmakers often have the fantasy that one big wealthy donor or a big foundation will write one big fat check to cover the full budget of the film. That can happen, however there’s a secret fundraising strategy that is usually much more effective.
No one rejects, dislikes, or avoids pleasure itself, because it is pleasure, but because those who do not know how to pursue pleasure rationally encounter consequences that are extremely painful. Nor again is there anyone who loves or pursues or desires to obtain pain of itself, because it is pain, but because occasionally circumstances occur in which toil and pain can procure him some great pleasure.
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. The road to success and the road to failure are almost exactly the same.
Somebody’s Quote
To take a trivial example, which of us ever undertakes laborious physical exercise, except to obtain some advantage from it?
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