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...Erik is giving a motivational speech for one of his corporate clients, such as Glaxo Wellcome or AT&T, a fat, balding middle-aged middle manager will approach him and say, "Even I wouldn't do that stuff." Erik calls it the Even I Syndrome. And he has to resist an impulse to say, "You're fat, out of shape and you smoke. Why would you even think of doing any of this stuff? Just because you can see?" Erik is not impatient or smug, but he tires of people assuming that sight will trump all other attributes and senses...
People in the news business can't resist classifying everything--and everyone--into categories. We even do it to our own. Some journalists are considered newshounds, adept at chasing down leads. Others are deemed stylists, seeming to be more suited to the profile, the thoughtful and provocative examination of one person's life...
...Greenfeld got both tales: the news of a bizarre tragedy and the examination of an unfathomable triumph. For all of us who are tempted to put people into categories, like "rich-therefore-happy" or "blind-therefore-disabled," these two stories are a reminder to resist...
...Erik is giving a motivational speech for one of his corporate clients, such as Glaxo Wellcome or AT&T, a fat, balding middle-aged middle manager will approach him and say, "Even I wouldn't do that stuff." Erik calls it the Even I Syndrome. And he has to resist an impulse to say, "You're fat, out of shape and you smoke. Why would you even think of doing any of this stuff? Just because you can see?" Erik is not impatient or smug, but he tires of people assuming that sight will trump all other attributes and senses...
...actor is, of course, how to approach a role that has for decades been so closely identified with someone else. Pryce said he wasn't daunted by the prospect "probably because I had never actually seen [Harrison] in the part. Then, the night before rehearsals began, I couldn't resist any longer and watched the movie...