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practice judging use
It is curious that we pay statesmen for what they say, not for what they do; and judge of them from what they do, not from what they say. Hence they have one code of maxims for profession and another for practice, and make up their consciences as the Neapolitans do their beds, with one set of furniture for show and another for use. Charles Caleb Colton
practice breathing bridges
Breathing is important in the practice of meditation because it is the faculty in us that is simultaneously voluntary and involuntary. You can feel that you are breathing, and equally you can feel that it is breathing you. So it is a sort of bridge between the voluntary world and the involuntary world — a place where they are one. Alan Watts
practice ideas growth
With science, ideas can germinate within a bed of theory, form, and practice that assists their growth... But we as gardeners, must beware... for some seeds are the seeds of ruin... and the most iridescent blooms are often the most dangerous Alan Moore
practice
There is nothing like practice. Alan Hovhaness
practice pay-the-price people
If (the West) shows its rigidity by making unjust decisions and putting their threats into practice, the Iranian people will not be the only ones to pay the price. Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
practice justice forever
God's justice stands forever against the sinner in utter severity. The vague and tenuous hope that God is 'too kind' to punish the ungodly has become deadly opiate for the consciences of millions. It hushes their fears and allows them to practice all pleasant forms of iniquity while death draws everyday nearer and the command to repent goes unregarded. As responsible moral beings, we dare not so trifle with our eternal future. Aiden Wilson Tozer
practice simplicity path
We must begin our practice by walking the narrow path of simplicity, the hinayana path, before we can walk upon the open highway of compassionate action, the mahayana path. Chogyam Trungpa
practice emphasis situation
The emphasis on practice is because it is the only time in your life you can steer your karmic situation.
practice long rogues
As long as you have a system that is based on the rational that if you are making money you are thereby making a contribution to society, these financial rogue practices will continue. David Korten
imbeciles impressionists
Anyone who calls my music "impressionist" is an imbecile. Claude Debussy
imbeciles three generations
Three generations of imbeciles are enough. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
imbeciles mean people putting run smart whether wonder
Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it. Mark Twain
imbeciles fool paint
Almost any fool can paint an academy picture, and any imbecile can shoot off a Kodak. Ezra Pound
imbeciles cameras ballpoint-pens
The camera's a ballpoint pen, an imbecile; it's not worth anything if you don't have anything to say. Roberto Rossellini
imbeciles epithet bothered
The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me. Rosa Bonheur
asking may usual
In cases of doubtful morality, it is usual to say is there any harm in doing this? This question may sometimes be best answered by asking ourselves another; is there any harm in letting it alone?
asking good-enough enough
I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. Alan Alda
asking-questions people understanding
If you don't understand, ask questions. If you're uncomfortable about asking questions, say you are uncomfortable about asking questions and then ask anyway. It's easy to tell when a question is coming from a good place. Then listen some more. Sometimes people just want to feel heard. Here's to possibilities of friendship and connection and understanding. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
asking want grumbling
What the Lord wants is that you shall go about the business to which He sets you, not asking for an easy post, nor grumbling at a hard one. Catherine Booth
asking-why television want
Nowadays, to be frank, every week is a good week for freakshow television. we might start asking, Why are there so many freaks? And why do they all want to be on television? Caitlin Moran
asking believe creating impose precisely product seeking short stopped
We stopped short of asking for enjoining the product precisely because we believe in creating options, not restricting them. We are not seeking to impose a recall. Joel Klein
asking continuous customers full needed options picture planning strategic
We started our planning by asking our customers what they needed. They needed continuous deployment options and a more strategic CRM...They wanted more than just a sliver of customer information. They wanted a full picture of the customer. Shai Agassi
asking calls kept last shot tuesday year
We started it last year as a one-time shot on a Saturday. And on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, we kept getting calls asking us if we were going to do it again. Keith Dory
asking clues everybody garage questions series start
We start by asking a series of questions to try to get some clues going for us. The first is usually: Do you know which garage you're in? Not everybody does.