“It’s never a straight line to perfection.” ~ LeVar Burton

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“Try something. Better still, try everything—throw all the options at the occluding wall of the self and see what sticks.” ~ Kathryn Schulz

“If you want to be a writer, write. If you want to become a better writer, write more.” ~ Jeff Goins

“People like to be like everyone else—just better than everyone else.” ~ Penelope Trunk 

“Just work, wherever you can. You’ll grow and refine and be great.” ~ Phil Hartman

Hat tip to Mike Brown who retweeted this:

@LettersOfNote: Comedian Phil Hartman was killed this day in 1998, age 49. A year before, he wrote this invaluable letter to a fan: http://t.co/3cK6zWSt

Original tweet.

And thanks to Mike Scott for sharing his letter.

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ~ Maya Angelou

“Fried chicken just tend to make you feel better about life.” ~ Minny Jackson

“The most successful business people hold onto the old just as long as it’s good & grab the new just as soon as it’s better.” ~ Lee Iacocca

“Ultracompetition isn’t just quantitatively greater, but quantitatively different. That means, in turn, it can’t be responded to simply by doing more of the same, harder, better, and faster, but only by better, in terms of real marginal wealth creation.” ~ Umair Haque