K. Anders Ericsson quotes
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“The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performanceâ€: “The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is, due to genetically prescribed talent. Instead, these differences reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance.”
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“It really doesn't matter how long. If you practice with your (body), no amount is enough. If you practice with your head, two hours is plenty.”
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“When the human body is put under exceptional strain, a range of dormant genes in the DNA are expressed and extraordinary physiological processes are activated.”
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“Excellence demands effort and planned, deliberate practice of increasing difficulty”
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“The Way of Liberation is not a belief system; it is something to be put into practice.”
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Source : "One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Autobots" by A.O. Scott, www.nytimes.com. June 28, 2011.
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“It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone.”
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Source : Aaron Copland, Richard Kostelanetz (2004). “Aaron Copland: A Reader : Selected Writings 1923-1972”, p.32, Psychology Press
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“You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.”
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