Brendan's 25th: Brendan, guru of the pizza parlor.
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"Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away."
"Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
On another note, try if you can to read Time Magazine's article "Ambition: Why Some People Are Most Likely To Succeed." Although for the record, I never really got to finish it.
i-li-za-rov (i lē zä ruv) n.
>> The surgery that Vincent undergoes to increase his height in the movie Gattaca. It's named after the Russian doctor who invented it 40 years ago to treat dwarfism. This painful operation adds length by allowing new bone to grow in the gap left by gradually seperating ends of the broken bone. The patient's shinbones are cut in two, a brace is applied and metal pins would pull apart the bones a millimetre each day. Risks include feet permanently turned at odd angles, twisted legs, and weakened bones that break again and again.
>> What I did in June of 2005. I tell people it's either a rock climbing and/or car accident.
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