I grew up thinking anything was possible simply because of seeing women in power - like, you know, running the country. Which is a thought that continues to give Americans indigestion... Direction is about having a vision, but the practice of being a director is a con game - a confidence game.
The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.
Surgical Anatomy is, to the student of medicine and surgery, the most essential branch of anatomical science, having reference more especially to an accurate knowledge of the more important regions, and consisting in the application of anatomy generally to the practice of surgery.
In practice, socialism didn't work. But socialism could never have worked because it is based on false premises about human psychology and society, and gross ignorance of human economy.
My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?
That's why we have practice rounds. We make the adjustments as we go around, try and find out how to play the golf course the best we can. No big deal, it's nothing to me, it's the same for me as it is to everybody and we're all trying to understand it.
Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
I didn't have a clue where I was going on my first lap of practice.
I practice every day and that kind of stuff to maintain my musicianship.
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then practice deception themselves.
The practice of patience toward one another, the overlooking of one another's defects, and the bearing of one another's burdens is the most elementary condition of all human and social activity in the family, in the professions, and in society.
Your strongest life is built through a continuous practice of designing moment by moment.
Neither the wording of the amendment itself nor common practice challenged the widely held belief that government guaranteed freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.
Players should know that if you can't make the contribution of the winning shot, that your attitude every day when you come to practice, or the positive contribution you make through cheering and keeping up team morale, is just as important in the overall picture.
The only way a kid is going to practice is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.
Musical practice is too young an art in America to warrant a search for men with a conductor's gift.
It is good for us to keep some account of our prayers, that we may not unsay them in our practice.
The kids wait for it to be organized. They want to go play all of these tournaments, for a little practice time. I learned my skills by dropping the puck just with the kids. I think that's missing today.
I must be informed, that one of my great duties was, to obey the priests in all things; and this I soon learnt, to my utter astonishment and horror, was to live in the practice of criminal intercourse with them.
Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.
Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy.
Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.
I used to practice criminal law, and it was so sexist.
It was always my practice to train salespeople under my direct supervision, and to treat children with the utmost consideration.
To become an able and successful man in any profession, three things are necessary, nature, study and practice.
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
I think there ought to be a strict separation or wall built between our religious faith and our practice of political authority in office. I don't think the President of the United States should extoll Christianity if he happens to be a Christian at the expense of Judaism, Islam or other faiths.
Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.
Everything you need to get that relaxed driving that brings consistency only comes with practice.
Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one rather than two different aspects of my life.
I do the same series of five exercises 21 times each day - an ancient Tibetan practice that stimulates your chakras.
It is very a dangerous thing to have an idea that you will not practice.
When I make a bad play, it frustrates the heck out of me, even in practice.
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
