Julian Smith
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Julian Smith
Director and actor who gained internet fame for his 2009 video "25 Things I Hate About Facebook." He also created the YouTube persona Jeffery Dallas.
ProfessionYouTube Star
Date of Birth19 May 1987
CityNashville, TN
fighting champion truth-is
You will never be entirely comfortable. This is the truth behind the champion - he is always fighting something. To do otherwise is to settle.
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It might be a really nice-looking restaurant, but if it's sitting empty on a Saturday night, that's probably not a good sign.
dumb looks social-media
New tech almost always looks dumb right before it completely changes your life.
coming competition everybody good meeting people
There's no competition of violence. It's just everybody coming out and having a good time, being out in the sun, meeting people from other places.
anxiety important wiping-out
Behind every flinch is a fear or an anxiety - sometimes rational, sometimes not. Without the fear, there is no flinch. But wiping out the fear isn't what's important - facing it is.
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We're seeing this growing. The strongest part of their influence is on the media: if something online suddenly becomes a story in the local press, then it matters.