Mastered Quotes

205 Mastered quotes by 180 unique authors

Technique is noticed most markedly in the case of those who have not mastered it. — Leon Trotsky
Now when I had mastered the language of this water, and had come to know every trifling feature that bordered the great river as familiarly… — Mark Twain
Love is a haunting melody that I have never mastered, and I fear I never will. — William S. Burroughs
Chang Tzu tells us of a persevering man who after three laborious years mastered the art of dragon-slaying. For the rest of his days, he… — Jorge Luis Borges
A child who can love the oddities of a fantasy book cannot possibly be xenophobic as an adult. What is a different color, a different… — Jane Yolen
Once you have mastered a technique, you barely have to look at a recipe again — Julia Child
By now they had mastered my own language, but they still made simple mistakes, like using 'hermeneutics,' when they meant 'heuristic'. — Woody Allen
He had learned well the law of club and fang, and he never forewent an advantage or drew back from a foe he had started… — Jack London
I learned failure early and mastered it. — Gregory Maguire
It is not possible to control the outside of yourself until you have mastered your breathing space. It is not possible to change anything until… — Jeanette Winterson
and I have mastered the speed and strength which is the armor of the world. — Frank O'Hara
I have mastered many things in my life. Navigating the streets of London, speaking French without an accent, dancing the quadrille, the Japanese art of… — Cassandra Clare
Don't ask me when I first mastered the obvious. — John Burdett
By the light," he said, when he had mastered himself. "I think that beats singing a lullaby to a stormdog for simplicity and economy, Maerad.… — Alison Croggon
The only process you've mastered is the process of elimination, and the only reason you've mastered that is because you can do it in the… — Orson Scott Card
My only experience with dances was what I had seen on TV, but it really wasnâ€™t that far off. The theme appeared to be â€œCrepe… — Amanda Hocking
You donâ€™t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. But you do have to… — John Piper
Furthermore--though it was quite irrelevant now--he had no idea his killer, Kazuo Kiriyama, had, in his mansion that was much larger than Toshinori's home in… — Koushun Takami
Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they die, God meets… — David Brooks
When I got enough confidence, the stage was gone. When I was sure of losing, I won. When I needed people the most, they left… — William Shakespeare

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