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Uniqueness is your thumbprint

said by Tamir Barzilai

“It's interesting when you have your own thumbprint of your mistakes, your talents, your attributes. But when you hide that, that becomes a problem.”

Tamir's synthesis, drawn from Vonnegut's flawed characters.

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the elixir of authenticityEp 7 · with Colin Gerrard
Listen at 1:32:17 Read it in the transcript

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Uniqueness as a thumbprint of flaws and talents

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