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"Amateurs practice till they get it right; professionals practice till they can’t get it wrong."
A vast list of people who might have said it

Even though it's often attributed to musicians, this quote resonates (pun intended) with me even if I don't play music.
It makes me realize the amount of hard work that one needs to put into their craft.
Until everything just becomes a second nature.
People who are "naturals" often have put so much time, it belittles the effort they've put to just consider them as talented.
I aspire to be able to do something so well that I can truly consider myself a professional at it.

“Your eyes are full of hate, Forty-one. That's good. Hate keeps a man alive. It gives him strength.”
Ben-Hur
Its not even an aphorism:)
I just love old movies:d and the way actors used to speak

"Life is a gift horse in my opinion."

--J.D. Salinger, Teddy

“We are all born mad. Some remain so.”
― Samuel Beckett

"don't be an asshole"

I'm trying to free your mind, Neo. But I can only show you the door. You're the one that has to walk through it

Morpheus, The Matrix

"Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right."

horn if your honky

Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you, or else you will have no defense against the ugliness that will hem you in and come at you in so many ways.
-Neal Stephenson, Anathem

Normally, those people would never wake up from their fantasy worlds. They live meaningless lives. They waste their precious days over nothing. No matter how old they get, they'll continue to say, "My real life hasn't started yet. The real me is still asleep, so that's why my life is such garbage." They continue to tell themselves that. And they age. Then die. And on their deathbeds, they will finally realize: the life they lived was the real thing. People don't live provisional lives, nor do they die provisional deaths. That's a simple fact! The problem... is whether they realize that simple fact.
-Yukio Tonegawa, Kaiji

"Loneliness is only an opportunity to cut adrift and find yourself. In solitude you are least alone.”

• Bruce Lee

"You only need to hang mean bastards, but mean bastards you need to hang" - John Ruth
;-)

"It's time to kick gum and chew ass, and I'm all out of ass" - Dick Kickem