Practice Quotes
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The [engineer] should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it is by his judgement that all work done by the other arts is put to test. This knowledge is the child of practice and theory.
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It is my entire visual art practice: I eat, sleep, think, write about and do drawing.
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While the aesthetics of consumption (photographic or otherwise) requires a heroicized myth of the artist, the exemplary practice of the player-off codes requires only an operator, a producer, a scriptor, or a pasticheur.
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I try to focus on practice. This is work time. This is where we work, this is our office. I try not to let it distract me too much.
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Ever since that game, I've tried to play tough defense in practice. Defense wins games.
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I can't justify to myself working less, even if you get more out of it. Even though, in practice, it does seem it would be better for me personally.
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I don’t practice as much as I should but I know when I’m rusty!! I spend a lot of time writing and recording so I get to practice when recording takes and writing parts. I have a couple of go to exercises I do from way back when I was learning with a tutor that I often pull out and I concentrate on finger strength and playing scales in seven positions in the same key.
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My words are very easy to understand and very easy to practice; but there is no one in the world who is able to understand and practice them.
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What was the nature of the answers, the solutions, that Jonah caused us to develop? They all had one thing in common. They all made common sense, and at the same time, they flew directly in the face of everything I’d ever learned. Would we have had the courage to try to implement them if it weren’t for the fact that we’d had to sweat to construct them? Most probably not. If it weren’t for the conviction that we gained in the struggle—for the ownership that we developed in the process—I don’t think we’d actually have had the guts to put our solutions into practice.
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Savor more; fix less. Laugh more; cry less. Anticipate positively more; anticipate negatively less. Just practice that and watch what happens.
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Knowledge is governed not by a theory of knowledge, but by a theory of discursive practice.
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But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.
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Seen from the point of view of the composer, the most nonsensical practice is that of casting people in musicals who are unable to sing. No one would cast a dancing part with someone who cannot dance sufficiently to come up to professional standards. The same is true of acting. But when it comes to singing, more often than not it is amateur night. . . . Either musicals should be written for specified performers in the first place, or they should be cast with people who are adequate to its dancing, acting and singing demands.
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I try to practice with my life.
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Muslims in France should be able to practice their religion freely and safely.
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I don't work with a trainer. I just go to cheerleading practice and run a couple times a week.
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Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.
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Architecture is an applied art, founded not on theories but on practice.
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You will know as much of God, and only as much of God, as you are willing to put into practice.
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I'm gonna say it one more time. We are Georgia Southern. Our colors are blue and white. We call ourselves the Bald Eagles. We call our offense the Georgia Power Companyand that's a terrific name for an offense. Our snap count is 'rate, hike.' We practice on the banks of Beautiful Eagle Creek and that's in Statesboro, Georgia-the gnat capital of America. Our weekends begin on Thursday. The co-eds outnumber the men 3 to 2. They're all good looking and they're all rich. And folks, you just can't beat that and you just can't beat Georgia Southern. And you ain't seen nothin yet!
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Baseball players practice, runners practice, so how can you practice being funny? You get up onstage. You train as an improviser, playing make-believe, using the vernacular of improvisation, saying 'yes and' to other people's ideas, making statements.
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I rather envy writers who do variations on a theme. I like reading those books, but in practice, I can't do it.
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Common sense is not always common practice.
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Perhaps we should stop talking about being faithful to have a quiet time with God each day, as if we were doing something to earn a reward. It would be better to talk about the privilege of spending time with the God of the universe and the importance for our own sake of being consistent in that practice.
