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Entry: Unnatural Arts and Sports Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/unnatural_arts_and_sports#10095 Post contents: <em>Jacques Barzun once said that getting old is like learning a new profession. Writers do not suffer as much as athletes do, but they certainly lose their edge.</em> Tolkien didn't. Was he exceptional? <em>I’m not a ballet fan, although I admire like hell the pain these poor guys and gals have to go though to reach the top. Pop stars have it easy. All they have to do is write some very bad lyrics or make some horrible noise and presto, they get laid a lot and make millions upon millions. Their success makes inherited wealth moral by comparison.</em> Right. Sent at: 2008 07 05