#practical

Intended to serve as an introduction to both the linguistic and also the practical study of spoken English. ↗

— Henry Sweet

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Australians are a passionate lot. We are also a very practical lot. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

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Yeah, Kubrick's a big influence. In something like 'A Clockwork Orange,' he is trying to use the practical light - I mean, at least he says that in his interviews, like they're not using traditionally Hollywood lights. In 'Elephant' we basically used no lights; we never really adjusted. ↗

— Gus Van Sant

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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end. ↗

— George Santayana

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In a movie you have all these logistical problems; all these practical problems. But you're also going to have people come who can do things that you can't do, and you get to direct their talents. ↗

— John Sayles

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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

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My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery. ↗

— Brooke Shields

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Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even atheists. ↗

— Hu Shih

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

— Jean Stafford

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Well, first of all, we did lots of studies where we show practical intelligence doesn't correlate with G. We have probably two dozen studies that practical intelligence better predicts job success than IQ. ↗

— Robert Sternberg

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