"The pursuit of mastery is an ever-onward almost,"

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Source : Sarah Lewis (2014). “The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

Sarah Lewis

#Mastery Quotes #Pursuit Quotes

“I really cherish the memories I have of my trips. For some reason, when you travel, its like your mind picks up on the fact that this is something uncharacteristic, so it tunes in more acutely and remembers better.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Peace is not just safety or lack of war, violence, conflict and contention. Peace comes from knowing that the Savior knows who we are, knows that we have faith in Him, love Him, and keep His commandments, even and especially amid life's devastating trials and tragedies.”
“It is so difficult to make a neat job of killing people with whom one is not on friendly terms.”
“I've had a little bad, bad media luck the new year. Well, apparently I'm dating Bill Clinton, which makes me nervous. I didn't know, though.”
“Garlic is divine. Few food items can taste so many distinct ways, handled correctly. Misuse of garlic is a crime...Please, treat your garlic with respect...Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.”
“One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadnâ€™t, and one of us held on to the ambition of the one idea far longer than was reasonable, whereas the other, passing a garbage can one night, had casually thrown it away.”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House: A Novel”, p.39, W. W. Norton & Company
“Memory narrativises itself.”
“Men who retain irony are not to be trusted. They can't always resist an impulse to tickle themselves.”

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