Exactly. Why do you think we remember them as legends?
If Paul McCartney were shot to death and not Lennon, we'd all remember Paul as the heart and soul of the Beatles. If Jimi Hendrix would have gone into rehab and lived a full life, he'd just be a very talented guitarist. If Kurt Cobain were still alive and Nirvana touring actively, I don't think they'd remain the voice of generation X.
Besides; who the hell appreciated Da Vinci's art when he was alive?
"Somebody told me when the bomb hits, everybody in a two mile radius will be instantly sublimated, but if you lay face down on the ground for some time, avoiding the residual ripples of heat, you might survive, permanently fucked up and twisted like you're always underwater refracted. But if you do go gas, there's nothing you can do if the air that was once you is mingled and mashed with the kicked up molecules of the enemy's former body. Big-kid-tested, motherf--ker approved."
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