Practised Quotes

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I'm a practised writer now. But when I began, I had no idea what this was going to be. I just knew that there was… — Chinua Achebe
People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular. — Andrea Bocelli
Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. — Edward de Bono
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
Never try a shot you haven't practised. — Harvey Penick
Spirituality is not a question of morality, it is a question of vision. Spirituality is not the practising of virtues - because if you practise… — Rajneesh
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised [sic] and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public. However able and faithful he may be in other… — Abraham Lincoln
A genius! For 37 years I've practised fourteen hours a day, and now they call me a genius! — Pablo de Sarasate
We took the traditional lands and smashed the traditional way of life. We brought the disasters. The alcohol. We committed the murders. We took the… — Paul Keating
Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is… — Hazel Hawke
Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the… — Mahatma Gandhi
Once a kata has been learned, it must be practised repeatedly until it can be applied in an emergency, for knowledge of just the sequence… — Gichin Funakoshi
As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid.… — Rafael Nadal
Such is the prestige of the Nobel Award and of this place where I stand that I am impelled, not to speak like a grateful… — John Steinbeck
Free women and men everywhere must wage an incessant campaign so that these human values become a generally recognized and practised reality. We must regretfully… — Menachem Begin
Extemporaneous speaking should be practised and cultivated. It is the lawyer's avenue to the public.... — Abraham Lincoln
Today the art of gardening is practised much more often than any other, in ignorant, impulsive ways, by people who never stop to think that… — Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer
So-called Western Civilization, as practised in half of Europe, some of Asia and a few parts of North America, is better than anything else available.… — P.J. O'Rourke
The most excellent and divine counsel, the best and most profitable advertisement of all others, but the least practised, is to study and learn how… — Pierre Charron
All corporatism â€“ even when practised in societies where hard work, enterprise and cooperation are as highly valued as in Korea â€“ encourages inflexibility, discourages… — Margaret Thatcher

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