Mastering Quotations

In the matter of learning, the difference between the earnest and the careless student stands out clearly. The same holds true in the mastering of passion and the weaknesses to which our nature is subject, as in the acquiring of virtue.

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

I don't want to become a rhetorical speaker. My effectiveness is mastering all of the data and being able to respond.

Mastering music is more than learning technical skills. Practicing is about quality, not quantity. Some days I practice for hours; other days it will be just a few minutes.

Like all other arts, the science of deduction and analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study, nor is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it. Before turning to those moral and mental aspects of the matter which present the greatest difficulties, let the inquirer begin by mastering more elementary problems. Let him, on meeting a fellow-mortal, learn at a glance to distinguish the history of man, and the trade or profession to which he belongs. Puerile as such an exercise may seem, it sharpens the faculties of observation, and teaches one where to look and what to look for.

Someday, after mastering winds, waves, tides and gravity, we shall harness the energy of love; and for the second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.

Molecular chemistry, the chemistry of the covalent bond, is concerned with uncovering and mastering the rules that govern the structures, properties and transformations of molecular species.

She is so totally absorbed in a vocation -- both a gift and a mastering passion -- that she has no time to be absorbed with the self's worries about itself. And that is the moral of the story: You can pursue happiness by wearing a torn jersey. You can catch it by being good at something you love.

Getting one bill passed is close to impossible. Ask any kid who has spent a summer in Washington, or better yet a semester, and can't understand how people tolerate its menu of constant frustration. Imagine mastering it.

Mastering the art of negotiation involves leading the other person to your conclusion while having them believe it is their idea.

Mastering the art of under promising and over delivering requires the ability to say no, when and how with conviction.

Mastering your fear means accepting it, owning it, and making it work for you instead of against you.

It is a growing-up process. I'm a long way from mastering anything.

We have a long way to go in mastering that art, ... As we identified the fact we were under pricing, the pendulum swung too far over to only improve price. The pendulum should be stopped in the middle so we have a proper balance between volume and price.

We are all going to walk across a pit of coals and someone will teach us how to do it. I hope they will because I can't even walk on hot sand. It's all about training you to be a better person. Mastering your mind and focusing on the right things are important skills to have. There are millions of people who can kick a ball around but only a few can do it under pressure. You have to block out everything and focus on the game.

Digital intermediate technology can provide the ultimate process for analog to digital restoration for both television and film libraries as it produces a single master file, enabling extraction and archival of all current, as well as future formats including internet and video on demand offerings. Use of digital intermediate technology rather than High Definition mastering for archival restoration also prevents the need for future restorations and further expenditures by our clients, helping to position Hollywood Intermediate to be a leader in end-to-end digital intermediate solutions.

Digital intermediate technology provides the ultimate process for analog to digital restoration for both television and film libraries as it produces a single master file, enabling extraction and archival of all current, as well as future formats including internet and video on demand offerings. Use of digital intermediate technology rather than High Definition mastering for archival restoration also prevents the need for future restorations and further expenditures by our clients, helping to position Hollywood Intermediate to be a leader in end-to-end digital intermediate solutions.

Common Core results finally give families an accurate barometer of whether our kids are mastering the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based global economy, early enough that we can intervene.

We were following Scotland rather than playing our own game and imposing our style on them and mastering them. We have to have a good analysis of the game before we play Ireland and work out why it went wrong.

Producing the sound in this way is easy. But mastering its awesome and unexpected possibilities is another matter.

I never aspired to be in a band, but being onstage is a very cool feeling. It's like you're the lord of the room. It's hard to croon and run around doing big scissor kicks while also trying to play, though. I'm still mastering that.

I'm a serious student of music, a perfectionist in the studio, and I take the arrangement and production of it very seriously, down to the mixing and mastering even. But at the same time I'm having so much fun with it. I try not to take myself so seriously.

Once I got into it, it was like mastering haiku. The format is challenging, but fun. And to see these scenes come together with actors voicing the dialogue and full animation and special effects was a real treat.

Clinton has quickly and methodically become a force to be reckoned with in the Senate. Like Lyndon Johnson before her, she is mastering the Senate to fit her agenda.

Iran will continue activity aimed at mastering peaceful nuclear technologies under the supervision of IAEA specialists and will convince the Agency that this activity is peaceful and transparent.

He's still in the process of mastering that. He's a willing blocker. A lot of times that's half of the battle.

After mastering the texts and gaining experience in putting the lessons into actual practice, one can share the light and the joy with others.

It's like a record, when you make a record and you mix it and it sounds good and then it's mastered and you hear the mastering when it's all been heightened and all that and it sounds better still - it's the same thing with a book.

It wasn't that difficult to learn, but mastering it is another thing.

It wasn't just about mastering English. It was about shading, subtext and subtlety - all the things that make a great actor.

I don't only think that you should have your own studio, but you should also have your own studio, your own mastering facility, your own post room so you can cut your own videos.

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is true power.

Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment; Mastering others requires force; Mastering the self needs strength