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"Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician."
"I learnt the theory of movement, which I still teach sometimes. I was very, very ambitious to learn a skill."
"Jiu Jitsu uses us to express itself, and the best thing we can do to is to become a vehicle capable of expressing Jiu Jitsu with all of its perfection minus our imperfections."
"I worked with such concentration and focus and I had hundreds of obscure engineering or programming things in my head. I was just real exceptional in that way."
"True dexterity is not just in books; It is giving from above, we learn it, it is nurtured, it is applied and it is developed. He who does not know what has been giving to him from above, shall never know how to use what he has been giving effectively and efficiently."
"If you want to be a calligrapher, write, and write, and write."
"Individuals, too, who cultivate a variety of skills seem brighter, more energetic and more adaptable than those who know how to do one thing only."
"Not many abilities are inherent. Most are acquired through patient practice, and those that are inherent are enhanced and utilized through practice too."
Explore more quotes by John Shirley
"I get drunk writing words. I don't drink or do drugs, but I get so carried away with writing that I get inebriated from it."
"I'm incapable of writing without social commentary. I like to think that it's integrated and not really heavy handedly didactic."
"Weekends are a bit like rainbows; they look good from a distance but disappear when you get up close to them."
"Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine."
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