{"id":139,"date":"2008-08-10T12:16:51","date_gmt":"2008-08-10T19:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hearandplay.com\/main\/index.php\/are-you-full-of-excuses\/"},"modified":"2024-12-25T23:27:18","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T07:27:18","slug":"are-you-full-of-excuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearplaymain.wpenginepowered.com\/are-you-full-of-excuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you full of excuses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Can&#8217;t seem to focus on taking your playing to the next level?<\/p>\n<p>After watching this video, we shouldn&#8217;t have any more excuses holding us back from improving our musical skills.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m not saying the playing is perfect but this clip is certainly inspiring to us folks who have all our limbs to work with).<\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<object width='464' height='300' id='551157' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000' alt='Amazing One Armed Guitar Player in http:\/\/break.com'><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true' \/><\/param><param name='flashvars' value='playerversion=12'><\/param><param name='movie' value='http:\/\/embed.break.com\/NTUxMTU3'><\/param><param name='allowScriptAccess' value='always'><\/param><embed flashvars='playerversion=12' src='http:\/\/embed.break.com\/NTUxMTU3' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' allowFullScreen='true' allowScriptAccess='always' width='464' height='300'><\/embed><\/object><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Quotes about excuses:<\/p>\n<p>Don Wilder<br \/>\nExcuses are the nails used to build a house of failure.<\/p>\n<p>Edward R. Murrow<br \/>\nDifficulty is the excuse history never accepts.<\/p>\n<p>George Washington Carver<br \/>\nNinety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.<\/p>\n<p>George Washington<br \/>\nIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.<\/p>\n<p>H. V. Adolt<br \/>\nWe are all manufacturers. Making good, making trouble, or making excuses.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel Meurier<br \/>\nHe who excuses himself accuses himself.<\/p>\n<p>Henry Ward Beecher<br \/>\nThe real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself.<\/p>\n<p>Francois De La Rochefoucauld<br \/>\nNothing is impossible; there are ways that lead to everything, and if we had sufficient will we should always have sufficient means. 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