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　　How could you make your dream come true? Begin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it part-time．Albert Einstein was unable to get a job as a physics professor．He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to physics．I should give up on it and settle for(甘心于)something else．” Instead, he wrote the two most famous papers while working in a patent office(专利局)．After their publication, there was not a major university in the world that would not have been glad to hire him．

　　If you want to work as an artist while you are making a living as a waiter, think of yourself as an artist, supporting yourself by working in a restaurant－and paint, or draw as much as you can．It is possible to earn your living as a waiter working 24 hours a week．That leaves plenty of time to devote to training or developing your drawing in the off hours．

　　While seeking the work you love, you shouldn’t be limited to the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before．Having considered all possibilities, you can make a final decision and select the work you love as your own．

　　Doing the work you love requires that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the practical．It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true．

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　　“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 　　1　　 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time．　　2　　 my ambition to become a writer, I 　　3　　 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 　　4　　 the wrong goals?

　　I was at a low point 　　5　　 the voice on the radio began 　　6　　 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 　　　7　．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 　　8　　 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．

　　At seventy-eight, her fingers became 　　9　　 awkward to hold a needle．　　10　　 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 　　11　　．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 　　12　　 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 　　13　　 world－and the rest is 　　14　　．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 　　15　　 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!

　　　　16　　 I listened to the radio, my 　　17　　 changed．If Grandma Moses 　　18　　 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 　　19　　 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 　　20　　．

　　It was published eight months later．

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　　“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 　　1　　 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time．　　2　　 my ambition to become a writer, I 　　3　　 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 　　4　　 the wrong goals?

　　I was at a low point 　　5　　 the voice on the radio began 　　6　　 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 　　7　　．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 　　8　　 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．

　　At seventy-eight, her fingers became 　　9　　 awkward to hold a needle．　　10　　 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 　　11　　．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 　　12　　 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 　　13　　 world－and the rest is 　　14　　．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 　　15　　 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!

　　　　16　　 I listened to the radio, my 　　17　　 changed．If Grandma Moses 　　18　　 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 　　19　　 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 　　20　　．

　　It was published eight months later．

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　　“I'm too old and it's too late,” which played over and over in my mind．I was 　　1　　 and exhausted after ending my marriage and my law career at the same time．　　2　　 my ambition to become a writer, I 　　3　　 my ability to succeed as one．Had I wasted years going 　　4　　 the wrong goals?

　　I was at a low point 　　5　　 the voice on the radio began 　　6　　 the story of Grandma Moses．Ann Mary Moses left home at thirteen, bore ten children and worked hard to raise the five who 　　7　　．Struggling to make a living on poor farms, she managed to 　　8　　 a bit of beauty for herself by embroidering(绣花)on cloth．

　　At seventy-eight, her fingers became 　　9　　 awkward to hold a needle．　　10　　 give in to aging, she went out to an empty room and began to 　　11　　．For the first two years, these paintings were either given away or sold 　　12　　 a little money．But at the age of seventy-nine, she was “discovered” by the 　　13　　 world－and the rest is 　　14　　．She went on to produce more than two thousand paintings, 　　15　　 her book illustrations(插图)for It was the Night before Christmas were completed in her one-hundredth year!

　　　　16　　 I listened to the radio, my 　　17　　 changed．If Grandma Moses 　　18　　 begin a new career and succeed after eighty, my life still had 　　19　　 after thirty．Before the program ended, I rushed to my computer to work on the novel I'd nearly 　　20　　．

　　It was published eight months later．