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" Have passion, yes, but acknowledge that side projects are still work. They shake things up, just like switching up your workout helps you stay one step ahead of your torpid metabolism. They scramble the synapses. "

Mary H.K. Choi

Step

Ahead

Passion

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Enough

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Age

First

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Pirates

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Nothing

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