Its not that they didnt; its that Ive played chess, watched Peckinpah and eaten Thai food so much without them that I like those things all by myself now. Inside those ill-fitting suits is a vast vacuum where the ego should be, a black hole that no amount of praise or exaltation can fill. The drawbacks of pursuing mass devotion are more plain. Normal people don't work that way, though. Its the thirst.
The speaker is exaggerating his claims of fame and success.
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                        :op2 (z6 / succeed-01
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The speaker is exaggerating his claims of fame and success .
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