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Image, The historic transition from Novice to Proficient to Adept was said to

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The historic transition from Novice to Proficient to Adept was said to be accomplished virtually overnight by the progression from marijuana to peyote to lysergic acid. Instant mysticism had arrived. Before the court of law, hippies demanded freedom for LSD the way early Christians demanded freedom for the Eucharist.

—William Everson

Image, Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and,

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Novelists have to be adept at controlling the flow of information, and, most crucially, they have to be in charge of the narrative.

—Ian McEwan

Image, Becoming adept at the process of self inquiry and symbolic insight is

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Becoming adept at the process of self inquiry and symbolic insight is a vital spiritual task that leads to the growth of faith in oneself.

—Caroline Myss

Image, Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine

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Women bring with them into the world a certain virtue, a divine gift that makes them adept at instilling such qualities as faith, courage, empathy and refinement in relationships and in cultures,

—D. Todd Christofferson

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Image, Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it.

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Obama is a very good actor. He knows how to play it. And he is very adept at creating this ''Obama'' - this character who is there whenever the world needs something.

—Jon Voight

Image, One of the big myths about people growing up is that they

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One of the big myths about people growing up is that they are "digital natives;" that just because they've been raised with the Internet - that you're very adept at using the app on your phone - it doesn't mean you have any idea about how the Internet actually works.

—Astra Taylor

Image, I’m relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice,

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I'm relatively physically adept and I like throwing myself around. Once, twice, but then you get to nine, ten, eleven and to try and make it look realistic all the time, that's not very pleasant.

—Marton Csokas

Image, I like communicating with cats. I know them and their body language

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I like communicating with cats. I know them and their body language - as my own cats know mine very well. Cats are adept at reading subtle signals.

—Marge Piercy

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Image, Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will

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Those who are already adept at some disciplines of the body will find that the study of Zen and meditation will give you much more control than you now have.

—Frederick Lenz

Image, You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my

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You see, years ago I was just an ordinary bee minding my own business, smelling flowers all day, and occasionally picking up part-time work in people's bonnets. Then one day I realized that I'd never amount to anything without an education and, being naturally adept at spelling, I decided that—

—Norton Juster

Image, Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if

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Devote the mind to confusion and we know only too well, if we´re honest, that it will become a dark master of confusion, adept in its addictions, subtle and perversely supple in its slaveries. Devote it in meditation to the task of freeing itself from illusion, and we will find that, with time, patience, discipline, and the right training, our mind will begin to unknot itself and know its essential bliss and clarity.

—Sogyal Rinpoche

Image, The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

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The young are adept at learning, but even more adept at avoiding it.

—P. J. O'Rourke

Image, It’s true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.

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It's true that stammerers can become more adept at sentence construction.

—David Mitchell

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Image, It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty

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It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what was wrong with the world, but they were not always so adept at working out how these things could be righted.

—Alexander McCall Smith

Image, One of the many ways of contesting level-zero, and one of the

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One of the many ways of contesting level-zero, and one of the best, is to take photographs, an activity in which one should start becoming adept very early in life, teach it to children since it requires discipline, aesthetic education, a good eye and steady fingers.

—Julio Cortazar

Image, So different groups have different definitions, and then they clash on those.

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So different groups have different definitions, and then they clash on those. So it takes adept leadership to say we're going to work through these.

—Michael Emerson

Image, If someone else runs faster than you or makes more money than

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If someone else runs faster than you or makes more money than you or is more adept at anything, that doesn't mean you have lost. You are measuring yourself only against yourself and your tendencies not to do all that you are capable of doing.

—Frederick Lenz