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Still uncertain as to our identity, we think that what matters in the work world is gaining attention and making friends. And these misconceptions and naïveté are brutally exposed in the light of the real world.

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Robert Greene
Age: 34 †
Born: 1558
Born: July 11
Died: 1592
Died: September 3
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Norwich
Norfolk
Real
Identity
Misconceptions
Work
Attention
Brutally
Think
Friends
Vets
Thinking
Making
Gaining
World
Light
Misconception
Stills
Uncertain
Still
Exposed
Matter
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