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Paul Whybrow

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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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An octopus is not only quite intelligent, but it also has mini-brains (nerve cell clusters) at the end of each arm. I argue that it could ride roller skates in the direction it intends to.

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