"In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man."
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"I learned that the Holy Water better be fresh, that I need practice throwing the spheres, and that someone has to watch my back so asshats don't steal my demons."
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"It is this delightful habit of journalizing which largely contributes to form the easy style of writing for which ladies are so generally celebrated. Every body allows that the talent of writing is particularly female. Nature might have done something, but I am sure it must be essentially assisted by the practice of keeping a journal."
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"So I'll put on my bob marley tape And practice what I preach Get jah lost in the reggae mon As I walk along the beach"
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"The study and practice of law ... does not dissolve the obligations of morality or of religion."
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"The final end of abortion in America will come when every human being begins to appreciate his own life as a gift from God and the lives of those entrusted to his care as the true blessings they are. A culture that affirms life will not practice contraception nor will it murder its progeny."
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"I believe that we learn by practice."
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"You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age."
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"I never practice before, I never work hours on a script. I just choose my characters and trust them, and after that, it's about the director taking your hand."
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"Do not use thought to ground a political practice in Truth; nor political action to discredit, as mere speculation, a line of thought. Use political practice as an intensifier of thought, and analysis as a multiplier of the forms and domains for the intervention of political action."
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"Repetition is sometimes the best way to deal with the Luideag: just keep saying the same thing over and over until she gets fed up and gives you what you want. All preschoolers have an instinctive grasp of this concept, but most don’t practice it on immortal water demons. That’s probably why there are so few disembowelments in your average preschool."
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"It is obvious enough for the reader to conclude, "She loves young Emerson." A reader in Lucy's place would not find it obvious. Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice, and we welcome "nerves" or any other shibboleth that will cloak our personal desire. She loved Cecil; George made her nervous; will the reader explain to her that the phrases should have been reversed?"
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"Humanity's collective mission in the cosmos lies in the practice of compassion."
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"Don't become a Buddhist. The world doesn't need Buddhist. Do practice Compassion. The world needs more compassion."
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"If you resort to violent methods because the other side has destroyed your monastery, for example, you then have lost not only your monastery, but also your special Buddhist practices of detachment, love, and compassion."
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"The most important thing is practice in daily life; then you can know gradually the true value of religion. Doctrine is not meant for mere knowledge, but for the improvement of our minds. In order to do that, it must be part of our life. If you put religious doctrine in a building and when you leave the building depart from the practices, you cannot gain its value."
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"It is not enough to belong to a religion. You also have to put it into practice. Religion is like medicine. You have to ingest it to combat the illness."
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"Democratic institutions are necessary and very important, and if I remained at the head of government, it could be an obstacle to democratic practice. Also, if I were to remain, then I would have to join one of the parties. If the Dalai Lama joins one party, then that makes it hard for the system to work."
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"Continue this practice no matter what happens or what anyone does to you."
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"Awareness of death is the very bedrock of the entire path. Until you have developed this awareness, all other practices are obstructed."
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