I sometimes wonder why I pushed myself so relentlessly in weight lifting. My motive, I think, was not an uncommon one; I was not the ninety-eight-pound weakling of bodybuilding advertisements, but I was timid, diffident, insecure, submissive. I became strong-very strong-with all my weight lifting but found that this did nothing for my character, which remained exactly the same.
( Oliver Sacks )
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