Practice Quotes
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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
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My mom devised a plan to get me out of the house and gave me the choice between ballet or skating. She knew both of those sports were time-consuming and would keep me busy with hours of practice.
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One of the pupils of Artur Schnabel told me that he never heard his teacher practice a difficult passage slowly, but he was struck by the way Schnabel would play one chord of a slow movement over and over, measuring and remeasuring the different components of the harmony.
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I discovered that wearing the veil is not suitable for a woman who wants to work in activism and the public domain. People need to see you, to associate and relate to you. It is not stated in my religion to wear the veil; it is a traditional practice, so I took it off.
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I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
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I see that it is impossible to remember a long poem without practice and repetition; so is forgetfulness of the words of instruction engendered in the heart that has ceased to value them.
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Good journalism is good business practice; good business supports great journalism.
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It's good to actually cry. Trust me, I've had a lot of practice over the years!
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The meanings of words and the uses of words come from practice from the way people in a given culture use those words.
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Around 1960, I moved back to Europe, attracted by the newly founded European Organization for Nuclear Research where, for the first time, the idea of a joint European effort in a field of pure science was to be tried in practice.
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During the season especially, we take a lot of swings, we play a lot of games, we swing a lot in games, batting practice, all that, so to maintain your shoulder the strongest is one of the key points that we focused on in the offseason.
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In some cultures, when you give someone a gift, it's expected that they will pass it on. This seems like a peculiar practice in the West, but in many other societies, a gift has a spirit. If you try to possess the gift, you remove its spirit as a gift.
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There is no doubt that in exchanging a self-centered for a selfless life we gain enormously in self-esteem. The vanity of the selfless, even those who practice utmost humility, is boundless.
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I practice safe sex - I use an airbag.
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The intelligence consists not only in the knowledge but also in the skill to apply the knowledge into practice.
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I consider writing practice a true Zen practice because it all comes back at you. You can't fool anyone because it's on the page.
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The best practice you can get is on the bandstand, but in between gigs I feel I have to stay in shape.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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I don't see pitches down the middle anymore - not even in batting practice.
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Fly-in, fly-out curating nearly always produces superficial results; it's a practice that goes hand in hand with the fashion for applying the word 'curating' to everything that involves simply making a choice - radio playlists, hotel decor, even the food stalls in New York's High Line Park.
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When the dark days come, many wonderful moments, those will all seem dead and empty to you. It will take practice and even hard work to find the joy sometimes.
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You never know how much you can do in practice because you never know if you're going to play or not, but the main thing is stay ready.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
