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—El impulso por sobresalir y el impulso de liderar no son lo mismo.
“The urge to excel and the urge to lead aren’t the same.
La carretera nos lleva otra vez hacia el mar, donde trepa hasta un altozano que parece sobresalir hacia el mar y que en este momento está rodeado por bancos de niebla.
The road leads out to the ocean again where it climbs to a high point that apparently juts out into the ocean but now is surrounded by banks of fog.
Pero también en eso me gustaba tanto presumir, sobresalir (para mí todo era motivo de competición: tanto en casa como en el instituto siempre me comportaba como si estuviera jugando al fútbol), que al final quien estaba a mi lado terminaba deseando que lo hiciera todo yo, que me las arreglara solo y punto.
But even here, I showed a conspicuous desire to show off, to be in the lead – everything became a spur to competition for me – at home, as much as at school, I behaved as if I was perpetually in a football match, which was enough to induce anyone close to me to let me forge ahead and win, and be done with it.
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