Quote by Raymond Chandler
The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that h

The moment a man begins to talk about technique thats proof that he is fresh out of ideas. – Raymond Chandler

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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window. – Raymond Chandler

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They dont want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they cant use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them. – Raymond Chandler

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[Poker is] as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you could find outside an advertising agency. – Raymond Chandler

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To focus on technique is like cramming your way through school. You sometimes get by, perhaps even get good grades, but if you dont pay the price day in and day out, youll never achieve true mastery of the subjects you study or develop an educated mind. – Stephen Covey

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A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner. – Thomas Carlyle

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Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Talent is like a faucet; while it is open, you have to write. Inspiration? — a hoax fabricated by poets for their self-importance. – Jean Anouilh

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Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth. – Marcus Aurelius

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The world has yet to see what God will do with a man who is fully and wholly consecrated to the Holy Spirit. – Henry Varley

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