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“Many things aren't fun until you're good at them . Every skill has what I call a frustration barrier, a period of time in which you're horribly unskilled and you're painfully aware of that fact.”
― The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
― The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
“I had no idea why I was being so patronising. Perhaps I couldn't believe true love existed at our age. Our classmates who claimed to be in love were mistaking excitement and fuzzy feelings for love.”
― Rainbirds
― Rainbirds
“Remember, I’m starting as a complete beginner, and I don’t know what I’m doing.”
― The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
― The First 20 Hours: How to Learn Anything...Fast
“To care passionately for another human creature brings always more sorrow than joy; but at the same time, Elinor, one would not be without experience. Anyone who has never really loved has never really lived..”
― Sad Cypress
― Sad Cypress
“...If you work hard enough and assert yourself, and use your mind and imagination, you can shape the world to your desires. (151)”
― Outliers: The Story of Success
― Outliers: The Story of Success
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