If I would begin this article
quoting Matthew McConaughey, who recently won Best Man at the Academy Awards,
almost every religious person would get nauseous saying, “I need to learn from him?--a pretty boy who earned a golden
idol named Oscar? "So I won’t start my blog that way. Instead,
I’ll start by quoting Ethics of the
Fathers: “Who is wise?” the Talmud
asks. Answer: “He who learns from ALL people!” So now that the Talmud has
given me dispensation, here I go:
When McConaughey was asked at age 15 who his hero was, he answered that it was himself 10 years hence. Ten years went by and that same person asked him again at age 25 who his hero was. Again McConaughey replied that his hero was himself 10 years hence, making the point that... click to read more
