#practic

I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan and practical world in which the Christianity is just a veneer. ↗

— John McGahern

#catholic #catholic church #christianity #church #class

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#been #easy #effort #experience #find

When I was 15, I had a crush on this guy who was really good at magic, and so I learned to juggle, thinking it would impress him. I spent hours and hours practicing, planning to show him. And then I never even saw him again. But at least I learned how to juggle. ↗

— Danica McKellar

#crush #even #good #guy #had

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. ↗

— Maria Monk

#astonishment #criminal #duties #great #horror

Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about. ↗

— Barney Frank

#allow #basis #because #competent #decide

I mean, this whole digital revolution is really eroding the director's importance on a movie because, number one, just from a practical standpoint, with floppy disks and the ability to put all of the film onto a disk, more people have access to the movie. ↗

— John Frankenheimer

#access #because #digital #director #disk

I suppose if it has a practical purpose, I appreciate a pat on the back. I suppose it's rewarding, ultimately. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#back #i #pat #practical #purpose

Reconciliation requires changes of heart and spirit, as well as social and economic change. It requires symbolic as well as practical action. ↗

— Malcolm Fraser

#change #changes #economic #economic change #heart

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach? ↗

— David Frum

#expect #leaders #practice #preach #should

I don't like to practice; I like spontaneity. When I don't play guitar for a week and I pick it up again, I play better. ↗

— Ace Frehley

#better #guitar #i #like #pick