Ah, mastery... what a profoundly satisfying feeling when one finally gets on top of a new set of skills... and then sees the light under the new door those skills can open, even as another door is closing.
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Related Welcome the closing of an old door, for it is then that a new door shall open. SCOTTIE SOMERS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you... C. JOYBELL C. When one door closes another one falls on top of you. ANGUS DEAYTON I'm excited to see another part of the world, and it's going to open a new door for me. D.J. CARRASCO One can only hope when one door closes a new door has greater value going forward in the future SYLVIA MORGAN When a door closes another door should open, but if it doesn't then go in through the window. ANONYMOUS You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicat... CHEF JIRO I want to improve on some of my skills and add new skills. ASHLEY FELICELLI The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the ... ANDY ROONEY The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the c... ANDY ROONEY The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort -- the opening, terror. Conversely, the... ANDY ROONEY [On visitors after having a new baby...] "Put a lock on the door, barricade it if you have to. No on... CLAUDINE WOLK When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open. BOB MARLEY Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess what is seen du... CARL SANDBURG All a hardliner has to do is to keep the door of his mind open! And then, the light will visit him! ... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN One door is closing, but another is opening. Things aren't just going to go back to the way they wer... ADAM AHLFELD Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is s... CARL SANDBURG Sometimes life is very mean: a person can spend days, weeks, months and years without feeling new. T... PAULO COELHO Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is s... CARL SANDBURG It's a closing of a door to an event, but not closing of the door to working with the film festival. JASON BRUECKS When one door is closed, don't you know, another is open. BOB MARLEY It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in maki... ERIC HOFFER Our goal with every new profession will be to introduce new strategic mechanics, new ways to play th... JEFF STRAIN Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open. ALEXANDER BELL Do you feel trapped by the limitations in your life? Remember, you hold the key to the freedom you s... JAMES A. MURPHY Without question, students need to practice, review, and drill skills, but they should do so only in... HEIDI HAYES JACOBS When they first went in the front door, they found one just inside, as soon as they went in that doo... MYRON WILLIAMS Man who open door for girlfriend reveal one thing...either car is new or girlfriend is CONFUCIUS One of the most stupid things in life is not to enter the door which is wide open just because of th... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house. GINA GREENLEE When one door closes, find another." Kylie gazed back up. "And what if there isn't another door... C.C. HUNTER When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the close... ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL Insomnia’s different,” I said. It was hard to explain this to people. “You know the light that... BARBARA KINGSOLVER When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the cl... ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL I'm a born entertainer. When I open the fridge door and the light goes on, I burst into song. ROBBIE WILLIAMS Have self belief.When one door is closes another opens. If You remain positive to given circumstance... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Choosing not to read is like closing an open door to paradise MARK TWAIN To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to... SIMONE WEIL From an outsider's perspective I can understand it seems odd to open a new facility while another on... STEVE OWEN He was already beginning, as always happens at a respectable age, to take a firm stand for Raphael a... NIKOLAI GOGOL Every new car, you open the door, and you look at all those internal mellifluous swoopy bits, and th... JONATHAN IVE You must save what you can of your life; you musn't lose it all simply because you've lost a part. HENRY JAMES It's a new environment and a new point in both of our careers, where we can see if we can transport ... BILL BURKE When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the cl... ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you're good at and extend out fr... JEFF BEZOS Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new sk... WHITNEY M. YOUNG, JR. Black is beautiful when it is a slum kid studying to enter college, when it is a man learning new sk... WHITNEY M. YOUNG JR. It is no surprise to me that fundamental skills are breaking down. There is a lot to do in a very sh... PHIL LARDER When a prisoner sees the door of his dungeon open he dashes for it without stopping to think where h... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If an AI possessed any one of these skills—social abilities, technological development, economic a... STUART ARMSTRONG We're very disappointed but that is sevens rugby: it's core skills under the microscope. New Zealand... MIKE FRIDAY When one door of happiness closes, another opens. HELEN KELLER I noticed the sliding glass door wouldn't open. The concrete under the door had cracked and buckled ... TIM HUEBNER About a year ago I realized I had developed a set of skills that could help our state, and I was rai... GENO ZAMORA Central and western Pennsylvania has one of the best workforces in the country and this will provide... BILL SHUSTER I think there are influences that you open the door to, and influences that come under the door. HARRISON BIRTWISTLE Walking the rugged trail of the unknown destiny can be filled with walls crashing and cracks on the ... GARY F EVANS... Continue to study and learn new skills. EDIE MCCLURG Everyone has special skills; discover them and you will excel. JIM GENOVESE When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. PRINCE PHILIP EDINBURGH When a man opens the car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife. PRINCE PHILIP EDINBURGH I look into his sorrowless eyes and a door in my heart blows open. And when we kiss, i see that on t... JANDY NELSON The willingness to learn new skills is very high. ANGELA MERKEL guess what they want for a new four-door Chevy? JOHNNY CARSON They had new coaches and a new offense and they weren't looking for a tight end with my type of skil... DOUG JOLLEY No one lights a lamp in order to hide it behind the door: the purpose of light is to create more lig... PAULO COELHO You're looking for characters to tell particular stories, and then on top of that, you're looking fo... DAVID E. KELLEY When you discuss the truth and you know the truth ... who was responsible, who prolonged the war ...... GHAZI AAD I'm not the kind of guy to knock at a door and then when the door is opened not go in. WILLIAM SAROYAN The back of one door is the face of another. PROVERB Many have a component of what we are doing, but to bring research, surgical skills and simulation un... DEBORAH SUTHERLAND I can open any door I want as chairman of a $6 billion company, BERNARD SCHWARTZ They control the ball really nicely, and when it goes over the top, they've got such great heading s... BRAD ZEIGEL Self confidence is feeling of trust in one's abilities, qualities, and judgement. Self confidence is... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Wake up to a brand new day and realize why you woke up to meet the day! Live to the end of another d... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH The storms come and go, the waves crash overhead, the big fish eat the little fish, and I keep on pa... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN When the War ended in 1945, I started selling vacuum cleaners door to door. Then I sold insurance do... CLINT WALKER Keep focused on the substantive issues. To make a decision means having to go through one door and c... ABRAHAM ZALEZNIK She wasn't bitter. She was sad, though. But it was a hopeful kind of sad. The kind of sad that just ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So, I guess we are who we are for alot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. But even... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I love my mom so much. I don't care if that's corny to say. I think on my next birthday, I'm going t... STEPHEN CHBOSKY We Are All Infinite STEPHEN CHBOSKY (All the grief she had suffered over her lifetime had moulded her face into a mask of eternal sadnes... JEAN SASSON You can't just sit there and put everyone's lives ahead of yours and think that counts as love. You ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I saw other people there. Old men sitting alone. Young girls with blue eye shadow and awkward jaws. ... STEPHEN CHBOSKY That one moment when you know you are not a sad story. You are ALIVE. STEPHAN CHBOSKY Somos quienes somos por un montón de razones.Quizás nunca conozcamos la mayoría de ellas.Pero aun... STEPHEN CHBOSKY Ambos dijeron que tomara asiento y parecían hablar en serio, así que me senté. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I know these will all be stories some day, and our pictures will become old photographs. We all beco... STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybewe'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY So I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we'll never know most of them. STEPHEN CHBOSKY There's nothing like the deep breathes after laughing that hard. Nothing in the world like a sore st... STHEPHEN CHBOSKY no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop... STEPHEN CHBOSKY I don't know the significance of this, but I find it very interesting. STEPHEN CHBOSKY Maybe it’s sad that these are now memories. And maybe it’s not sad. STEPHEN CHBOSKY I'm fucking the grave, I thought, I'm bringing the dead back to life... CHARLES BUKOWSKI The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom,
but to set a limit to infinite error... BERTOLT BRECHT The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error. BERTOLT BRECHT The result of the team's efforts is a new Quest that is not only well-built, but looks and feels lik... BRAD BRADSHAW
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