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Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within

by Kenny Werner

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Harry Potter et la Coupe de Feu (Harry Potter, #4)

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The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

by Frederick P. Brooks Jr.

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JM’s Quotes

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ”
― Alvin Toffler

tags: futuristic

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“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.”
― Martin Luther King Jr.

tags: inspirational

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“he also disapproved of whining because he understood that it is contagious and destructive.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

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“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish

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“Well, Steve [Jobs]… I think it’s more like we both had this rich neighbour named Xerox and I broke into his house to steal the TV set and found out that you had already stolen it.”
― Bill Gates

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