When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be eating buttered popcorn.

Anthony T. Hincks
When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be...
When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be...
When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be...
When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be...
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When you walk a tightrope, you don't want to be eating buttered popcorn. “Buttered popcorn” is a metaphor for lazy or self-indulgent behavior. You can see the metaphor in action in the movie "Meet Joe Black," where Robert Mitchum tells a kid who wants to be a magician that eating buttered popcorn is fine while he’s on a tightrope, but never when he’s done his magic trick. When you have a moment of downtime, or time to rest, take a break or eat food that makes you feel less tired and more calm. Then, when you’re ready to get back up and do it all over again, you’ll be ready for anything.

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