He spent hours and hours and hours practising these conjuring tricks. It's just such a curious thing.
I learn something not because I have to, but because I really want to. That's the same view I have for performing. I'm performing because I really want to, not because I have to bring bread back home.
Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.