Technique Quotes

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Man is an onion made up of a hundred integuments, a texture made up of many threads. The ancient Asiatics knew this well enough, and… — Hermann Hesse
If you understand real practice, then archery or other activities can be zen. If you don't understand how to practice archery in its true sense,… — Shunryu Suzuki
Even if it seems certain that you will lose, retaliate. Neither wisdom nor technique has a place in this. A real man does not think… — Yamamoto Tsunetomo
Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious. — Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki
For me the noise of Time is not sad: I love bells, clocks, watches â€” and I recall that at first photographic implements were related… — Roland Barthes
If a healing technique is demonstrated to have curative properties in properly controlled double-blind trials, it ceases to be alternative. It simply, as Diamond explains,… — Richard Dawkins
In the end, it was the Sunday afternoons he couldn't cope with, and that terrible listlessness which starts to set in at about 2:55, when… — Douglas Adams
Writers imagine that they cull stories from the world. I'm beginning to believe that vanity makes them think so. That it's actually the other way… — Arundhati Roy
I never tell my boyfriend that I'm busy when I'm not. No matter how effective they are, cheap techniques like that just don't agree with… — Banana Yoshimoto
Philosophy and science have not always been friendly toward the idea of God, the reason being they are dedicated to the task of accounting for… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no… — William Faulkner
The psychological and physiological mechanism of love is so complex that at a certain period in his life a young man must concentrate all his… — Milan Kundera
The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains. — Scott Adams
â€¦We were born vampires." "I thought you became â€“" "â€” vampires by being bitten? Dear me, no. Oh, we can turn people into vampires, itâ€™s… — Terry Pratchett
Foul!" yelled Jamie, who seemed extremely happy not to be the one facing a blade. "Distracting technique! Put your shirt back on right now. — Sarah Rees Brennan
The Operative tried to implement the Purusey breathing technique, which has been proven effective at fooling polygraphs. There is no conclusive evidence as to whether… — Ally Carter
It's convenient how everyone who supports waterboarding and torture, or "enhanced interrogation techniques" as they like to call it, have never experienced it themselves. Yet… — Jesse Ventura
The technique of a great seducer requires a facility and an indifference in passing from one object of affection to another which I could never… — Marguerite Yourcenar
Leopardstar says that they're staying with us so the Clans can exchange training methods and fighting techniques, but I don't see much sign of it.… — Erin Hunter
But such occasions of excellence became less and less frequent. As her technique became sounder, [her] sincerity became less necessary. — Thornton Wilder

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