Meticulous Quotes

• Meticulous planning will enable everything a man does to appear spontaneous.

  Mark Cane

  Men, Doe, Planning

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• He grows daily more capable of following any inspiration without technical effort, and also of letting inspiration come to him through meticulous observation.

  Eugen Herrigel

  Inspiration, Effort, Observation

  Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”

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• When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

  Seneca the Younger

  Writing, Style, Mind

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• I was enchanted by the escape into that meticulous world that seemed real yet not... well, it seemed not real, but very detailed and meticulous, bizarre.

  Richard Foreman

  Real, World, Enchanted

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• I'm proud of Lord of the Rings. I think it's a once in a lifetime role, and a once in a lifetime film. It was made with so much care and passion and meticulous detail and everybody was so behind it.

  Sean Bean

  Passion, Thinking, Details

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• What will happen once the authentic mass man takes over, we do not know yet, although it may be a fair guess that he will have more in common with the meticulous, calculated correctness of Himmler than with the hysterical fanaticism of Hitler, will more resemble the stubborn dullness of Molotov than the sensual vindictive cruelty of Stalin.

  Hannah Arendt

  Men, Sensual, Stubborn

  Hannah Arendt (1968). “Totalitarianism: Part Three of The Origins of Totalitarianism”, p.49, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Let us put aside resolutely that great fright, tenderly and without malice, daring to be wrong in something important rather than right in some meticulous banality, fearing no evil while the mind is free to search, imagine, and conclude, inviting our countrymen to try other instruments than coercion and suppression in the effort to meet destiny with triumph, genially suspecting that no creed yet calendared in the annals of politics mirrors the doomful possibilities of infinity.

  Charles A. Beard

  Destiny, Mirrors, Evil

  "Time, Technology, and the Creative Spirit in Political Science". The American Political Science Review Volume 21, Issue 1, February 1927.

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• Probably careful plotting reflects my personality. I am meticulous by nature. I can't imagine speed-writing anything that happens to pop into my head.

  William Landay

  Writing, Personality, Imagine

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• Correct observation followed by meticulous deduction and the precise visualization of goals is vital to the success of any enterprise.

  Terry Pratchett

  Goal, Observation, Enterprise

  Terry Pratchett (2009). “The Carpet People”, p.7, Random House

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• Discipline must be a habit so ingrained that it is stronger than the excitement of battle.

  George S. Patton

  Discipline, Battle, Stronger

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• We do not fear being called meticulous, inclining as we do to the view that only the exhaustive can be truly interesting.

  Thomas Mann

  Views, Interesting, Do Not Fear

  THOMAS MANN (1955). “THE MAGIC MOUNTAIN”

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• Everything takes meticulous planning and nothing works out the way it's supposed to.

  Courtney Solomon

  Work Out, Way, Planning

  Source: collider.com

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• I have no use whatsoever for projections or forecasts. They create an illusion of apparent precision. The more meticulous they are, the more concerned you should be. We never look at projections, but we care very much about, and look very deeply at, track records. If a company has a lousy track record, but a very bright future, we will miss the opportunity.

  Warren Buffett

  Opportunity, Track, Missing

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• The meticulous care for the rights of the least among us is the sin qua non of nonviolence.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Rights, Care, Sin

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• Repetitiveness and discipline are the secrets of cake decorating. The art comes from the meticulous technique, the way it does for a dancer.

  Ron Ben-Israel

  Art, Cake, Discipline

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• Failure is just part of the process, and it's not just okay; it's better than okay. God doesn't want failure to shut us down. God didn't make it a three-strikes-and-you're-out sort of thing. It's more about how God helps us dust ourselves off so we can swing for the fences again. And all of this without keeping a meticulous record of our screw-ups.

  Bob Goff

  Swings, Dust, Screw Ups

  Bob Goff, Donald Miller (2012). “Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World”, p.29, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The universe has no mind and that's why it can never reach perfection! Perfection is the art of meticulous high-mind!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Art, Perfection, Mind

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• Traveling can never be taken for granted, no matter how meticulous the preparations.

  Eugene Linden

  Taken, Preparation, Matter

  Eugene Linden (2011). “The Ragged Edge of the World: Encounters at the Frontier Where Modernity, Wildlands and Indigenous Peoples Mee t”, p.111, Penguin

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• A meticulous virtual copy of the human brain would enable basic research on brain cells and circuits or computer-based drug trials.

  Henry Markram

  Cells, Drug, Brain

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• People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a very patient and meticulous work, and you have to do it with joy and love for the process, not for the outcome.

  Isabel Allende

  Thinking, People, Joy

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• I think the biggest lesson that I take from 'Avatar' on any set that I go to is just work ethic. Working with Jim Cameron, you're used to working very, very long days and you're very meticulous about details. He's very, very picky about little details, little character-isms and things.

  Laz Alonso

  Character, Thinking, Long

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Shooting action is very, very meticulous, it's increments, tiny little pieces.

  Sam Mendes

  Pieces, Shooting, Littles

  "Director Sam Mendes Talks SKYFALL, How to Craft a Bond Film, the Franchise’s Similarity to DOCTOR WHO, and More". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. May 1, 2012.

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• He who seeks to approach his own buried past must conduct himself like a man digging... This confers the tone and bearing of genuine reminiscences. He must not be afraid to return again and again to the same matter; to scatter it as one scatters earth, to turn it over as one turns over soil.

  Walter Benjamin

  Real, Past, Men

  "Reflections: essays, aphorisms, autobiographical writings".

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• The only thing more dangerous then a vampire crazed with blood lust was a vampire crazed with anything else. All the meticulous single-mindedness that went into finding young women who slept with their bedroom window open got channeled into some other interest, with merciless and painstaking efficiency.

  Terry Pratchett

  Blood, Lust, Vampire

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• Learning to fly an airplane taught me a way of thinking, an approach to problem-solving that was applicable and effective. Pilots are very methodical and meticulous, and artists tend not to be.

  Chris Carter

  Airplane, Artist, Thinking

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