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"You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning."
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"What we learn in meditation, we can apply to all other realms of our lives."

"There are two types of spiritual practices. One spiritual practice is done to attain the final goal (experience of pure Soul) and the other type of spiritual practice is done for the sake of doing the spiritual practice. The practice that is performed with the intent of attaining the final goal is the last, final type of spiritual practice."

"Life is a practice. When you 'fail,' you can immediately begin practicing again."

"It takes a lot of practices to get it right. The key is to keep practicing."

"One learns by doing, not by learning to do."

"As you jump new hurdles, you gain greater confidence. Confidence can be achieved like any other practiced skill."

"No exile at the South Pole or on the summit of Mont Blanc separates us more effectively from others than the practice of a hidden vice."
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"And if I have a strong point, it's that I like to believe it's not cheap or schmaltzy sentimentality."

"My parents had a pub and each Sunday there was an accordionist. They have told me that when I was in my cradle, I already was imitating the gestures of the musician."

"My father bought me a little cardboard accordion, and when I was three I got this little machine."

"You can be in Tokyo or Alberta at four in the morning in your hotel and you can still practice if you feel like it. A trombone cannot do that at four in the morning."
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