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Re:Hackers can be business guys, and other lessons from Paul... by elliottkember on Sunday April 14, 2013 @12:11PM (#5547238)
"Talent is willingness to practice" is how I've heard that described.
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Re:Hackers can be business guys, and other lessons from Paul... by joshuaxls on Sunday April 14, 2013 @12:55PM (#5547373)
"Golf is a game of luck. The more I practice, the luckier I get."

Ben Hogan, one of my favorite quotes.

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Re:Hackers can be business guys, and other lessons from Paul... by gruseom on Sunday April 14, 2013 @01:44PM (#5547526)
Although the wording is different, that line comes from the 1920s writer Coleman Cox, who specialized in producing pithy quotes like it:

http://books.google.com/books?id=lXlnyqNjN7AC&lpg=PA63&#...

http://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/07/21/luck-hard-work/

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