Practise Quotes - Page 2

• I’m not intellectually convinced that one-man, one-vote is the best. We practise it because that’s what the British bequeathed us

  Lee Kuan Yew

  Men, Vote, British

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• Given one has before oneself a strong, healthy, youth rich in spirited blood and a powerless, weak, cachectic old man scarcely capable of breathing. If now the physician wishes to practise the rejuvenating art on the latter, he should make silver tubes which fit into each other: open then the artery of the healthy person and introduce one of the tubes into it and fasten it into the artery; thereupon he opens also the artery of the ill person.

  Andreas Libavius

  Strong, Art, Men

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• I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under.

  Alan Shearer

  People, Pressure, Penalties

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• There are only certain intervals of time when life of any sort is possible in an expanding universe and we can practise astronomy only during that habitable time interval in cosmic history.

  John D. Barrow

  Expanding Universe, Astronomy, Certain

  John D. Barrow (2011). “The Book of Universes”, p.99, Random House

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• Women decide the larger questions of life correctly and quickly, not because they are lucky guessers, not because they are divinely inspired, not because they practise a magic inherited from savagery, but simply and solely because they have sense. They see at a glance what most men could not see with searchlights and telescopes.... They are the supreme realists of the race.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Race, Magic

  In Defense of Women, rev. ed., pt. 1, ch. 5 (1922)

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• South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination.

  Thabo Mbeki

  White, Criminals, Example

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• Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling and fighting. True peace is not affected by the roaring of the world, outer or inner. This sea of peace is at our command if we practise the spiritual life.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Spiritual, Heart, Fighting

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• Main thing is to publish. Blog, tweet, write, photograph, tweet, video, code, play around with data - or a combination of all of the above. a) it will keep your journalistic ‘muscle’ in practice. b) if you’re any good, you’ll get noticed. And bear in mind you can do these things at other places than conventional news organisations. Many businesses, NGOs, arts organisations, public bodies, universities, etc are now publishers of extremely high quality stuff. Good places to practise your craft before moving on.

  Alan Rusbridger

  Art, Moving, Writing

  "I am Alan Rusbridger, editor in chief of the Guardian - the news org that broke the story of NSA surveillance of US citizens - AMAA", rebrn.com. July 31, 2013.

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• There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.

  Allan Bloom

  Teacher, Retirement, Real

  Allan Bloom (2008). “Closing of the American Mind”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

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• Moved by their selfish desires, people seek after fame and glory. But when they have acquired it, they are already stricken in years. If you hanker after worldly fame and practise not the Way, your labors are wrongfully applied and your energy is wasted. It is like unto burning an incense stick. However much its pleasing odor be admired, the fire that consumes is steadily burning up the stick.

  Gautama Buddha

  Selfish, Fire, Years

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• When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the evil-doer is insulting himself by trying to insult you.

  Gautama Buddha

  Insults You, Evil, Meditation

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• We should all rehearse and practise the positives in our life, rather than doing what so many people do.

  Richard Bandler

  People, Emotion, Should

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• Politics, as a practise, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

  Henry Adams

  Organization, Hatred, Politics

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• It's important, according to me, to train in small doses so as to not lose the joy of playing chess. I personally think too many coaching and training classes may take away a child's interest in the game itself. The essential thing to do is practise often and, in case of a doubt, to consult a trainer.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Children, Thinking, Games

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• You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Artist, Degrees, Answers

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• I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being.

  Michael Tippett

  Art, Integrity, Conspiracy

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• O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!

  Walter Scott

  Wisdom, Truth, Lying

  Marmion canto 6, st. 17 (1808)

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• The party is a true art form in Sydney and people practise it a great deal. You can really get quite lost in it.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Art, People, Lost

  "Q&A Baz Luhrmann interview". www.cnn.com. January 5, 2007.

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• When I was a kid I'd practise Chopin on piano - and I love Chopin! He's my dawg! Then I'd go out on the stoop and blast the radio. I'm from New York, the concrete jungle. Hip-hop influenced me from day one.

  Alicia Keys

  New York, Kids, Piano

  "I love Chopin. He's my dawg". Interview with Ian Gittins, www.theguardian.com. November 1, 2001.

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• A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Expression, Practice

  Mahatma Gandhi (1965). “Glorious Thoughts of Gandhi: Being a Treasury of about Ten Thousand Valuable and Inspiring Thougths of Mahatma Gandhi, Classified Under Four Hundred Subjects”

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• Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is to die for the common good.

  Pope Francis

  Dedication, Noble, Common

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• Only people who have been allowed to practise freedom can have the grown-up look in their eyes.

  E. M. Forster

  Eye, People, Looks

  E.M. Forster (1951). “Two Cheers for Democracy”

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• First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.

  David Brainerd

  Inspirational, Sobriety, Firsts

  Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1807). “The Works of President Edwards;: Narrative of conversions. Life and diary of the Rev. David Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd's journal. Mr. Brainerd's remains”, p.491

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• You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much they practise Soviet-style censorship through creative omission.

  Jello Biafra

  Media, Omission, Creative

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• Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.

  Ramakrishna

  Wise, Men, Littles

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