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Subject:Re: Tops in the Field From:Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- COM Date:Fri, 24 Jan 1997 08:57:00 -0600
> I recently had a writer tell me that she was one of the top ten writers
> in the Silicon Valley. I asked her how she knew that, and she said, "I
> just know."
>
<What follows is personal opinion. You're welcome to disagree with me.>
Fine. Let her "just know" and continue on your way, secure in the knowledge
that she *isn't*. (Top ten *egos*, maybe.) If you *are* in the top ten, you
don't proclaim it; only wannabes feel the need to make such asinine
pronouncements.
Have fun,
Arlen
Chief Managing Director In Charge, Department of Redundancy Department
DNRC 224
Arlen -dot- P -dot- Walker -at- JCI -dot- Com
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