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Conan o'brien cynicism quote
“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen.” dealing with disappointment but remembered this and realised it might not work out the way i planned out but that's okay. made it my lockscreen to remember it. also context - NBC was really fucking him over here. it was his last tonight show episode I think, so it means a lot that he specifically was like cynicism leads nowhere.
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@killcharlie
it’s so easy to be like “nothing matters 😕” but i try to be like “nothing matters!! 😁” do whatever you want, time is limited here
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@arcturus
@KILLCHARLIE exactly!!! 🫀 This is the mentality I gotta trick myself into naturally possessing. I think I cld do a good job 🤔
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@Krum
wow, as someone who’s been deeply cynical, good thing to read
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@arcturus
@KRUM right! also hope it helps you reduce your cynicism slightly.
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@jeannedielman
just found out last night he was one of the writers and producers on the simpsons very early on. what a cool guy
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@arcturus
@JEANNEDIELMAN he's super duper cool. I really need to watch the early Simpsons episodes, especially the ones he wrote.
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@jeannedielman
@ARCTURUS i was watching the i love lisa episode last night, hilarious. one of my favorite episodes if you haven't seen it, highly recommend.
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@arcturus
@JEANNEDIELMAN just looked it up and it's the I ch-ch-choose you one. I will definitely watch it.
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@arcturus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcF1OoWqXBc in case anyone reading this wants to see the video
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