#practise

Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised. ↗

— Ai Weiwei

#chinese #citizens #constitution #dangerous #express

It's about somebody initially knowing more about it than you do but eventually you learn a lot about it yourself and practise the skills and techniques that you've been taught. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#been #eventually #initially #knowing #learn

South Africa was to evolve into the most pernicious example of the criminal practise of colonial and white minority domination. ↗

— Thabo Mbeki

#colonial #criminal #domination #evolve #example

Could we forbear dispute, and practise love, We should agree as angels do above. ↗

— Edmund Waller

#agree #angels #could #dispute #forbear

They only babble who practise not reflection. ↗

— Edward Young

#only #practise #reflection #who

My favorite books are a constantly changing list, but one favorite has remained constant: the dictionary. Is the word I want to use spelled practice or practise? The dictionary knows. The dictionary also slows down my writing because it is such interesting reading that I am distracted. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#am #because #books #changing #constant

I always practise penalties, but what people don't understand is that you can never recreate that pressure situation that you're under. ↗

— Alan Shearer

#i #i always #never #penalties #people

I am quite certain in my heart of hearts that modern music and modern art is not a conspiracy, but is a form of truth and integrity for those who practise it honestly, decently and with all their being. ↗

— Michael Tippett

#art #being #certain #conspiracy #decently

A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#cannot #compromise #devise #every #expression

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal. ↗

— Heidi Klum

#baby #because #bigger #doing #feel