#mast

It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#cannot #copy #copying #enter #good

A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. ↗

— George Savile

#else #everything #man #master #who

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters. ↗

— George Savile

#contend #get #liberty #masters #new

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#english #his #mastery #minds #mislead

He has a very extensive public relations apparatus that is paid for by the taxpayers of this state. They are some of the best in the business. and he is a master at getting not only television but other media exposure on the basis of confrontation and chaos. ↗

— Bill Scott

#basis #best #business #chaos #confrontation

I just lived it and did my own thing without looking over my shoulder. I think I'm very lucky, considering when I started everything, and the fact that I have a masters in music, and I've always worked in music, and that's what I wanted to do. ↗

— Jon Secada

#considering #did #everything #fact #i

You can't write masterpieces in your 80s and be happy too. ↗

— Maurice Sendak

#happy #masterpieces #too #write #you

We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#account #acquired #brought #call #day

May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#justice #master #may #must #recompense

The thing about rigging is, you can learn it if you become a master rigger but there's no book on rigging. ↗

— Richard Serra

#become #book #learn #master #rigging