#practiced

I didn't want to get that ring around my lips from practicing the trumpet, because I thought the girls wouldn't like me. So I never practiced. ↗

— Wynton Marsalis

#because #get #i #like #lips

I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. ↗

— Bruce Lee

#i #kick #kicks #man #once

Well, I never really practiced because I never had the opportunity to practice. ↗

— Buddy Rich

#had #i #never #opportunity #practice

I feel a lot more secure about the directions I take, than I might have, had I not practiced Buddhism. ↗

— Herbie Hancock

#buddhism #directions #feel #had #i

I think at some point every actor has practiced their acceptance speech while they're having a shower. It's fun. ↗

— Jared Harris

#actor #every #fun #having #i

People in general are equally horrified at hearing the Christian religion doubted, and at seeing it practiced. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#christian religion #doubted #equally #general #hearing

Economics is a subject profoundly conducive to cliche, resonant with boredom. On few topics is an American audience so practiced in turning off its ears and minds. And none can say that the response is ill advised. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#american #american audience #audience #boredom #cliche

I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke. ↗

— Jamie Muir

#american #beginner #clarke #closely #drummers

We were fortunate to have the Russians as our childhood enemies. We practiced hiding under our desks in case they had the temerity to drop a nuclear weapon. ↗

— Kary Mullis

#childhood #desks #drop #fortunate #had

I have always been a firm believer in participation so there were no cuts. We practiced three times a week but if a student had an academic conflict, academics took priority. ↗

— Tony Brown

#academics #always #been #believer #conflict