Apathy's just a front. People offer it when there's something stronger hiding underneath. You have to work harder to tap into it, but then your performance has even more power.

Guy Mankowski
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When you are apathetic about something, you are not enthusiastic about it. You do not care. You may not even want it to happen or be your best interest. But when you go about finding the motivation to do something, you find that what is hiding beneath the apathy.

It is something stronger than apathy, but it is not stronger than apathy. The more work that you put into your performance, the more powerful your performance becomes.

Source: How I Left The National Grid: A Postpunk Novel

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