#master

Most previous immigrants came to the United States to become Americans, with no intention of returning home. They relinquished their ties with their homeland. English was their key to prosperity, and they worked hard to master it. ↗

— John Shadegg

#came #english #hard #home #homeland

Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

#another #closing #door #even #feeling

If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54. ↗

— Bill Shoemaker

#i #i can #jack #jack nicklaus #kentucky

My mother was the concert master of the symphony. Absurdity and eccentricity were not criticized. ↗

— Martin Short

#concert #criticized #eccentricity #master #mother

I also held several masters running titles. ↗

— Frank Shorter

#held #i #masters #running #several

The art of being a slave is to rule one's master. ↗

— Diogenes of Sinope

#being #master #rule #slave

The difference between me and the newer artists is that I have the history with the architects, the masters that started the music. I know where the music came from. ↗

— Ricky Skaggs

#artists #between #came #difference #history

An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist. ↗

— Arthur Smith

#becomes #canvas #glamorous #masterpiece #uninspiring

Many of the master chefs in the South, both the upper South as well as the deep South, were blacks and many of those people came here to Washington, D.C., and opened up establishments. Very, very few of them have survived. But they certainly were very prominent. ↗

— Ed Smith

#both #came #certainly #chefs #deep

I don't have a burning desire to be taken seriously as an actor. I don't have a master plan in that way. ↗

— Ben Stiller

#burning #burning desire #desire #i #master