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Beginner's luck is great for beginners. -- Robert Fripp
There's a phrase in Buddhism, "?Beginner's mind.' It's wonderful to have a beginner's mind. -- Steve Jobs
A search always starts with Beginner's Luck and ends with the Test of the Conqueror. -- Paulo Coelho
Sharpie? A mischievous smile spread across her face. I thought you said you couldn't control your powers. Beginner's luck. -- Kami Garcia
Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes useful hints - "When adding eggs, break the shells first. -- Mary Ann Shaffer
I'm always tryin' to do something new, tryin' to look like a beginner. -- Meshell Ndegeocello
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. -- Shunryu Suzuki
Starting out in a beginner class and really understanding the fundamentals of yoga is really important. -- Mariel Hemingway
Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down. -- Buffy Sainte-Marie
I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce. -- Helen Wills Moody
I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera. -- Ian Hamilton Finlay
The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards. -- Douglas Wood
You wanna build your IQ higher in the next two years? Be uncomfortable. That means, learn something where you have a beginner's mind. -- Nolan Bushnell
I know I'm not a great writer. I'm an extremely gifted oral communicator, but when it comes to writing, I'm just a beginner. -- Marianne Williamson
Being a good husband is like being a good stand-up comic - you need ten years before you can even call yourself a beginner. -- Jerry Seinfeld
If your mind is empty, it is ready for anything. In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few. -- Shunryu Suzuki
I set myself challenges every time I work. Ideally, I approach everything as though it's the first time - with a beginner's mind and an amateur's love. -- Willem Dafoe
I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke. -- Jamie Muir
I swim. I do a little bit of surfing. I would say I'm a beginner at surfing. I run. I cycle. I play a little bit of soccer. -- Henry Ian Cusick
In these litigious times, if you're a beginner, it's becoming harder and harder to get your work to the people who might actually be able to hire you. -- Len Wein
A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life. -- Robin G. Collingwood
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you. -- Barbara Sher
One of the many interesting and surprising experiences of the beginner in child analysis is to find in even very young children a capacity for insight which is often far greater than that of adults. -- Melanie Klein
Playing along with records is key. And as far as equipment goes it has gotten so much more affordable and the drum sets are of great quality. I play Pearl; their Export Series is great for a beginner. -- Chad Smith
Write every day. Make writing a part of your life, but also don't be afraid of learning from others because I think you can. I still try to think of myself as a beginner because that way I can keep on learning. -- Kimberly Willis Holt
Apprentice is the beginner - the first years you work in a craft in the European sense you are an apprentice. That takes 3 or 4 years. Then you are a journeyman. You can go from one master to another and learn other tricks and other secrets. -- Josef Albers
I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. -- Steve Jobs
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil which abounds in weeds. His Majesty roots up the weeds and will put in good plants instead. Let us reckon that this is already done when the soul decides to practice prayer and has begun to do so. -- Saint Teresa of Avila
If you want to make pictures and enjoy making them, you better go out and make something that a lot of people want to see. And then they'll turn you lose and let you make what you want. And then maybe you can do some of the things that you want to do. But as a beginner, you haven't got a chance. -- Howard Hawks
Every morning I am a beginner. -- Hanya Holm
Always be a beginner at something. -- Bill Buxton
Every expert was once a beginner. -- Rutherford B. Hayes
Every Chess master was once a beginner -- Irving Chernev
The expert at anything was once a beginner. -- Helen Hayes
We strive always to have a beginner's mind. -- Marc Benioff
Resolve to be always beginning-to be a beginner! -- Rainer Maria Rilke
There never was a winner, who wasn't a beginner. -- Denis Waitley
Be willing to be a beginner every single morning. -- Meister Eckhart
Hitler was a beginner compared to the comic-book industry. -- Fredric Wertham
Teach as an old fishing guide takes out a beginner. -- Theodore Roethke
A beginner with any native common sense can play passable Rummy. -- Albert H. Morehead
An open beginner's mind is a powerful tool for developing patience. -- Allan Lokos
The goal of practice is always to keep our beginner's mind. -- Jack Kornfield
You need to have a beginner's mind to create bold innovation. -- Marc Benioff
Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur. -- Robin Sharma
If he ever had a bright idea it would be beginner's luck. -- William Lashner
A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity... -- Robert Schumann
The grace to be a beginner is always the best prayer for an artist. -- Julia Cameron
Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don't be afraid to take that first step. -- Muhammad Ali
Every search begins with beginner's luck. And every search ends with the victor's being severely tested. -- Paulo Coelho
Art keeps one young, I think, because it keeps one perpetually a beginner, perpetually a child. -- Erica Jong
One becomes a beginner after 1000 days of training. One becomes a master after 10,000 days of practice. -- Mas Oyama
A well-designed and humane interface does not need to be split into beginner and expert subsystems. -- Jef Raskin
Always be a beginner at something, and always be in love with what you are beginning. -- Bill Buxton
The beginner's mind is the mind of compassion. When our mind is compassionate, it is boundless. -- Shunryu Suzuki
Every beginner possesses a great potential to be an expert in his or her chosen field. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
I think a critical part of being successful in our industry is having a beginner's mind -- Marc Benioff
When a beginner wins he feels brilliant and invincible Then he takes wild risk and loses everything. -- Alexander Elder
An expert is a person who has few new ideas; a beginner is a person with many. -- Albert Einstein
Eka-Nishtha or devotion to one ideal is absolutely necessary for the beginner in the practice of religious devotion. -- Swami Vivekananda
Be a perpetual beginner. Always be inspired. It is that attitude of inspiration and belief that creates energy. -- Frederick Lenz
Be a perpetual beginner. Always be inspired. It is that attitude of inspiration and belief that creates energy. -- Frederick Lenz
Be ready and willing to be a beginner every morning. That's how you grow and step into your greatness -- Joel Brown
A user interface should be so simple that a beginner in an emergency can understand it within ten seconds. -- Ted Nelson
The beginner should not be discouraged if he finds he does not have the prerequisites for reading the prerequisites. -- Paul Halmos
In the mind of the beginner, there are many possibilities. In the mind of the expert there are few. -- Shunryu Suzuki
Before you dismiss a beginner's work, remember how much you sucked when you started. You probably sucked worse, actually. -- Jason Fried
I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce. -- Helen Wills Moody
If I have any 'message' worth giving to a beginner it is that there are no short cuts in photography. -- Edward Weston
Art ... is as much a source of happiness for the beginner as for the master. One forgets everything in one's work ... -- Marie Bashkirtseff
Of the four major pathways to self-realization, jnana yoga, from the point of view of the beginner, is the most difficult. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
So, what does it mean for teaching and learning programming when the solution to every beginner problem is available on the Internet? -- Cay S. Horstmann
It's about doing things that you haven't done before, where you're still kind of a beginner, and not resting on your laurels. -- Caterina Fake
When people ask me how they should approach performance, I always tell them the professional musician should aspire to the state of the beginner. -- Yo-Yo Ma
If you are fortunate enough to enjoy great success, you should never forget the spirit of the beginner, and not grow indolent and arrogant. -- Kentetsu Takamori
The mind of the beginner is empty, free of the habits of the experts, ready to accept, to doubt, and open to all possibilities. -- Shunryu Suzuki
I think of myself as a beginner. Sometimes that's the whole joy. If you could just do it, there'd be no point in doing it. -- Wayne Thiebaud
When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner. -- Takuan Soho
The beginner's humility and openness lead to exploration. Exploration leads to accomplishment. All of it begins at the beginning, with the first small and scary step. -- Julia Cameron
I love being a beginner. It can be a terrible feeling because you're ashamed of everything you do, but it's so exciting at the same time. -- Charlotte Gainsbourg
Long story short, ghosts just coming out of the closet sucked at communication. Probably as bad as a beginner ghost whisperer sucked at getting them to communicate. -- C.C. Hunter
The beginner hugs his infant poem to him and does not want it to grow up. But you may have to break your poem to remake it. -- May Sarton
Is it important to have an enlightened teacher? No. Yes. If you are an absolute beginner, it really doesn't matter that much, to tell you the truth. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Congratulate yourself as a good beginner. Feel proud of God for choosing you to begin the work at hand. Accept the work freely and get started. Be grateful. -- Israelmore Ayivor
You're only a beginner; and what you think is love, and interest, and all that, is not real love at all: three quarters of it is only unsatisfied curiosity. -- George Bernard Shaw
There are times when you may be overwhelmed by the teachings of the Way. At such moments, it is important to continue with the original spirit of a beginner. -- Morihei Ueshiba
Getting started is the most difficult thing to do; once you file it out, they rest of the journey is as soft as the straw. Be a good beginner. -- Israelmore Ayivor
If the angel deigns to come it will be because you have convinced her, not by tears but by your humble resolve to be always beginning; to be a beginner. -- Rainer Maria Rilke
If your passion does not keep you sleepless, you can't be a good beginner. When passion itches, a great hand scratches... Wake up, it's your time to rise above idleness! -- Israelmore Ayivor
You are always naked when you start writing; you are always as if you had never written anything before; you are always a beginner. Shakespeare wrote without knowing he would become Shakespeare -- Erica Jong
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. -- Steve Jobs
A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that ... he is going to be a beginner all his life. -- Robin G. Collingwood
I still regard myself as an amateur today and I hope that's what I'll stay until the end of my life. Because I'm forever a beginner who discovers the world again and again. -- Andre Kertesz
Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel I am a beginner, always; because it's true. -- Frederick Lenz
Take my hand and grow young with me. Don't rush. Don't sleep. Be a beginner. Light the candles. Keep the fire. Dare to love someone. Tell yourself the truth. Stay inside the rapture. -- Marlena De Blasi
There must be, in any complete revelation of God's mind and will and character and being, things hard for the beginner to understand; and the wisest and best of us are but beginners. -- R. A. Torrey
Retirement can and will be a glorious time in your life. You'll love the freedom and ability to try new things. It's a new phase of life; a chance to be a beginner again. -- Richard Carlson
A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off. -- Bruce Lee
Among gardeners, enthusiasm and experience rarely exist in equal measures. The beginner dreams of home-grown bouquets and baskets of ripe fruit, the veteran of many seasons has learned to expect slugs, mildew, and frost. -- Roger Swain
I began as a true beginner, not knowing how to dance or perform. I just entered a local contest in town as a joke, because if you entered you got a free blouse and scarf. -- Debbie Reynolds

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