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Singlemindedness5 quotes
Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. — Ron Swanson · 2012The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles · 1859There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single, central vision, one system more or less coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel... And on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory... The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes... Dante belongs to the first category, Shakespeare to the second. — Isaiah Berlin · 1953Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872Focus3 quotes
Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing. — Ron Swanson · 2012The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once. — Samuel Smiles · 1859Singlemindedness is all-powerful. — Yamamoto Tsunetomo · 1716Hedgehogs and foxes1 quote
There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single, central vision, one system more or less coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel... And on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory... The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes... Dante belongs to the first category, Shakespeare to the second. — Isaiah Berlin · 1953Open-mindedness1 quote
There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single, central vision, one system more or less coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel... And on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory... The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes... Dante belongs to the first category, Shakespeare to the second. — Isaiah Berlin · 1953Persistence1 quote
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872Success1 quote
The secret of success is constancy of purpose. — Benjamin Disraeli · 1872Worldview1 quote
There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single, central vision, one system more or less coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel... And on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory... The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes... Dante belongs to the first category, Shakespeare to the second. — Isaiah Berlin · 1953