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Lying to Yourself Until You Make It

I used to tell people I was going to be on Saturday Night Live. Really? Yeah. I told my best friend, he was like, what are you going to do in New York? I'm like, I'm going to be on Saturday Night Live. And he was like, are you fucking out of your mind? And he was right. But that's the thing. People were right and people were wrong. You just don't know. You got to fucking roll the dice. Sure. You know what I mean? I mean, you know, I'm from Boston.

November 9, 201813:03Jason
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David12:34
And I'm like, what are you guys saying? Like, it didn't make any sense to me. And now looking back at it, like, that was such a big risk. I was so cocky and arrogant and I was such an idiot to think that I could do it. And I'm so fucking happy that I thought…
Jason12:47
But isn't, isn't that, isn't that everybody who's successful?
David12:50
Well, I think that's what I think. That's what it is. And it's like, it's so indescribable because looking back at it,, I genuinely feel like I was out of my fucking balls. I don't know how in the world I thought that anything would come out of this.
Jason13:03
I used to tell people I was going to be on Saturday Night Live. Really? Yeah. I told my best friend, he was like, what are you going to do in New York? I'm like, I'm going to be on Saturday Night Live. And he was like, are you fucking out of your mind? And he was right. But that's the thing. People were right and people were wrong. You just don't know. You got to fucking roll the dice. Sure. You…
David13:23
But also, also, don't take what we just said and don't like—
Jason13:27
don't—
David13:27
you can't apply that to your life forcefully. Do you know what I mean? You can't just all of a sudden listen to what we say and then go and then go and be like, I'm going to be a fucking Lakers player and go around telling people because it's not— it's one th…