You know, every time someone rises up in this world, there's always gonna be some asshole trying to drag 'em down.
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The Quaalude, or lude, as it is commonly referred to, was first synthesized in 1951 by an Indian doctor - that's dots, not feathers - as a sedative, and was prescribed to stressed-out housewives with sleep disorders. But pretty soon, somebody figured out that if you resisted the urge to sleep for just fifteen minutes, you got a pretty kick-ass high from it. Didn't take long for people to start abusing ludes, of course, and in 1982 the U.S. government "Schedule 1'd" them, along with the rest of the world. Which meant there was only a finite amount of these things left. No shit. You can't even buy them anymore. You people are all shit out of luck.
The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can't achieve it.
Max Belfort: Jordy, one of these days the chickens are gonna come home to roost.Jordan Belfort: You're lookin' at me like I'm crazy.Max Belfort: Crazy? This is obscene!Jordan Belfort: It was obscene, in the normal world. I mean, who the fuck wanted to live there?
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