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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 15 Jul 2017

    Your identity is what you don't do.

    3:10 PM - 15 Jul 2017
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      2. Ekaterina Damer‏ @ekadamer 15 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        thoroughly disagree! there are tonnes of things that we don't do. that does not by any means imply what we do do.

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      3. Stuart Axelbrooke‏ @soaxelbrooke 15 Jul 2017
        Replying to @ekadamer @paulg

        "Don't do" and "Do do" as non-overlapping sets, you could say they define each other?

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      4. Ekaterina Damer‏ @ekadamer 15 Jul 2017
        Replying to @soaxelbrooke @paulg

        or I guess what I'm saying is: Your identity is what you don't do, but also what you do. both are critical

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      5. Stuart Axelbrooke‏ @soaxelbrooke 15 Jul 2017
        Replying to @ekadamer @paulg

        Totally, there are choices in both sets that more significantly define you - not necessarily the rarity, but the importance/gravity also.

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      1. Bob Lesko‏ @boblesko 15 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Corallary: character is what you do when no one is looking.

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      1. Jordan Biserkov‏ @JBiserkov 15 Jul 2017
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        Keep what you don't do small http://paulgraham.com/identity.html 

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      1. wucaye‏ @wucaye 15 Jul 2017
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        Outcome vs intent is not always congruent though so.....

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      1. No Named‏ @No_Named_One 18 Jul 2017
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        So what I do is not me at all? Why I do it then? Where is motivation for being me?

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      1. Ian Graham‏ @ian_graham1 17 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        What?, would you rather be known for what you achieved. Or what you did not do ?

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      1. HelloMeets‏ @hellomeets 17 Jul 2017
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        👍👊

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      1. Sandeep Shroff‏ @ShroffSandeep 17 Jul 2017
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        Absolutely. When you look beyond your overflowing 'to-do' list, you discover your identity, your true self.

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      2. Paul Sweeney‏ @PaulSweeney 16 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg @ashwinappiah

        Saussure

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      3. Clark Dodsworth‏ @clarkdodsworth 16 Jul 2017
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        Peirhaps

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      1. Jim Baxter‏ @_jimb 16 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg

        Typical tweet from PG. Random thought without context that could be interesting if qualified.

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      1. Matthew M. Gonzales‏ @matthewgonzales 16 Jul 2017
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      1. Krishna Kumar‏ @kkaction 16 Jul 2017
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        Saying NO in a choice filled world is willpower.

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      1. Christopher H Cope‏ @copecd 16 Jul 2017
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        What does it mean if I don't do set theory?

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      1. Dmitry Shevelenko‏ @dmitry140 16 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg @semil

        Because what you do do is largely performative anyways?

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      1. 𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐍‏ @Mitzkahdrinnen 16 Jul 2017
        Replying to @paulg @semil

        as well as what you do, nice phrase tho, keep making millions

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