I'm sure everyone reading this would have had someone give them a speech about someone else in a lot of adversity, overcoming odds and finally suceed in whatever they set out to do, to inspire you to do better in life.
Like everyone else i have had many many people try to motivate me,to be honest it has never really worked (I'm lazy). However there was the story of one person whose determination really inspired me...well to some extent anyway...
The man's name is Larry Flynt.
Those of whom who know this man is might not really like him to be fair i dont really like him as well... but i do respect his determination.
Those of whom who don't know this colourful figure well .... here goes..this man sells pornography,the most explicit type too,he is the owner of the infamous hustler magazine.
If you are wondering what about him inspired me ( i must agree inspire is too strong a word to be used here...but I couldn't think of anything else) here it is....
He worked 20 hours a day in his bar staying awake by taking amphetamines,and using its profits he started his own chain.
During an oil crisis in the 70's he converted his then failing newspaper into the magazine it is today, the most famous issue being one, with the then first lady Jacqueline Kennedy!
Later on there was an attempted assassination against him, during his legal struggles against obscenity charges.Which was followed by a stroke caused due to an overdose of analgesics. Despite all this he continued his legal battle and ultimately won several of the legal battles he had to face.
Today due the effects of the stroke,he is paralyzed waist down,despite this he still continues to sell his very controversial magazine.
So maybe he is not role model material.... and what he does well..its still under debate whether its right or wrong... but what determination and guts !.
some quotes from this man
"Politics is my hobby. Smut is my vocation"
"The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success? "
"There's nothing that will change someone's moral outlook quicker than cash in large sums."
"If the human body's obscene, complain to the manufacturer, not to me."
"Murder is illegal. But, you take a picture of somebody committing the act of murder and they'll put you on the cover of Newsweek. You might even win a Pulitzer Prize. And yet . . . sex is legal. Everybody's doing it, or everybody wants to be doing it. Yet, you take a picture of two people in the act of sex of just take a picture of a woman's naked body and they'll put you in jail."
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