#practical

Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity. ↗

— Campbell Scott

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When the Nobel award came my way, it also gave me an opportunity to do something immediate and practical about my old obsessions, including literacy, basic health care and gender equity, aimed specifically at India and Bangladesh. ↗

— Amartya Sen

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For all practical purposes I left home when I was 7. ↗

— Jean Stafford

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Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#athlete #authorities #chances #even #forty

Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution. ↗

— Bob Taft

#give #people #practical #problem #solution

The Faculty of Technology of Tohoku University is renowned for its tradition of practical studies. ↗

— Koichi Tanaka

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I think it's realistic to have hope. One can be a perverse idealist and say the easiest thing: 'I despair. The world's no good.' That's a perverse idealist. It's practical to hope, because the hope is for us to survive as a human species. That's very realistic. ↗

— Studs Terkel

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I have written about 10 books, all just practical encouragement for moms. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

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A practical part of my teaching is to provide demonstrative, hands-on experiences. ↗

— Edward Tufte

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The hour has arrived to abandon theories and go directly to what is practical. ↗

— Samael Aun Weor

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