To be great to pay the price, dry this bowl of poisonous chicken soup for the soul

Adalberto 2022-03-27 09:01:05

Want to be great? This is the opening line of most successful studies. Because in the concept of success, it seems that as long as you work hard, you can be successful and great. And most inspirational movies also often tell the story of one after another low-level people climbing to the top through hard work. But in real life, countless people, including myself, often work hard and get nothing, and suffer the pain of not being able to ask for anything every day. Why is the difference so big? After reading this biography of Ray, I suddenly thought: Do you want to be great? Then you have to pay the price. Effort is only a small part of the price.

It was like a deal with God. Want to start a successful business? Then you have to be ready to pay the price of friends turning against each other and losing your dignity and money; do you want to be a successful politician? Then you have to pay the price of being slapped to the end or even assassinated at any time. For specific characters, such as Zeng Guofan, who is determined to become a great saint, he must pay the price of fighting against himself every day. As far as Ray, the protagonist of the movie is concerned, on the road to becoming a great singer, he abandoned the company and old friends that made him, and fought his own drug addiction. This is not a price that ordinary people can afford.

So, do you still want greatness? What price can you pay?

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Ray quotes

  • Oberon: You know, Marlene and Gossie's the ones running the game on you, Ray. They sliced up the pie the first night you played. Thirty-five percent off the top. Plus Gossie's double scale as leader.

    Ray Charles: Leader. If anyone's leadin' the band I'm the leader! You know what? Forget the bohumps. I'm goin' my own way.

    Oberon: Who's gonna book your gigs? Marlene's got you locked up and she ain't about to let her golden goose go.

    Lady in Rain: [singing] Straighten up and fly right. Cool down papa don't you blow your top.

    [Speaking]

    Lady in Rain: Ray Robinson you are fan-tastic.

    Oberon: There you go man. Gimme some skin.

    Ray Charles: [Feels card in his hand] What's this?

    Oberon: Jack's card. I got his number at the hotel

  • Jack Lauderdale: So Ray, we got to talk about your name, man. Robinson. I mean, Sugar Ray got to Robinson franchise all sewed up. So I'm thinking we go with your middle name: Charles. As in "Ray Charles."

    Ray Charles: I don't care what you call me, man, just as long as my name is on the record.