I am nothing! If you could ...

I am nothing! If you could know the dream of what I would like to be, you would realize how little I have accomplished.
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski

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Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
There have been a few moments when I have known complete satisfaction, but only a few. I have rarely been free from the disturbing realization that my playing might have been better.
 Ignacy Jan Paderewski
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