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Quotations

Excellence

Quotations on being the best.

The source format of the quotes is as follows:
- Real person: - their name 
- Fictional characters: - character's name, book/movie of origin, if book then author
- Poem, song, or book: - poem, song, or book, author

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
- Aristotle

No one ever achieved greatness by playing it safe.
- Harry Gray

Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.
- Vince Lombardi

An original writer is not one who imitates no one, but one whom nobody can imitate.
- Francois Rene Chateaubriand

Being an expert is more than understanding how a system is supposed to work. Expertise is gained by understanding why a system doesn't work.
- Brian Redman

Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or doing it better.
- John Updike

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