Singlemindedness

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Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.

Ron Swanson

Parks and Recreation

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Topic

Singlemindedness Focus

Speaker

Ron Swanson

Actor

Nick Offerman

Source

Parks and Recreation

Medium

TV program

Genre

Comedy (TV) Comedy

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

2012 2010s 21st century

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Citation

"Sweet Sixteen." Parks and Recreation, written by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur and Norm Hiscock, directed by Michael Schur, season 4, episode 16, Deedle-Dee Productions and Fremulon, 2012.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

Samuel Smiles

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Topic

Singlemindedness Focus

Author

Samuel Smiles

Source

Self-Help

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character and Conduct. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Smiles, Samuel. Self-Help, edited by Peter W. Sinnema. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 8.

There exists a great chasm between those, on one side, who relate everything to a single, central vision, one system more or less coherent or articulate, in terms of which they understand, think and feel... And on the other side, those who pursue many ends, often unrelated and even contradictory... The first kind of intellectual and artistic personality belongs to the hedgehogs, the second to the foxes... Dante belongs to the first category, Shakespeare to the second.

Isaiah Berlin

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Topic

Hedgehogs and foxes Singlemindedness Open-mindedness Worldview

Author

Isaiah Berlin

Source

The Hedgehog and the Fox

Medium

Essay

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Berlin, Isaiah. The Hedgehog and the Fox. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953, ch. 1.

Singlemindedness is all-powerful.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Singlemindedness Focus

Author

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Source

Hagakure

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Japanese

Time

1716 1710s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Yamamoto, Tsunemomo. 葉隠 [Hagakure]. c. 1716.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Benjamin Disraeli

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Topic

Success Singlemindedness Persistence

Speaker

Benjamin Disraeli

Source

Speeches of Benjamin Disraeli

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Disraeli, Benjamin. Speech in London. National Union of Conservative and Constitutional Associations. 24 June 1872, Crystal Palace, London, England, UK.