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The Bible looks like it started out as a game of Mad Libs.
I like to think a thought and then I like to follow it, like a little seed, for a long time and see where that growth leads me. Sometimes it leads me to an entirely different place from where it started and that gives me joy.
Twitter has been my life's work in many senses. It started with a fascination with cities and how they work, and what's going on in them right now.
But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.
I have an unusual hobby: I collect pictures of people I don't know. It started when I was a kid growing up in South Florida, the land of junk stores, garage sales, and flea markets, as a kind of coping mechanism.
one should always talk well about oneself! The word spreads around and in the end, noone remembers where it started.