#trained

I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#before #critic #critics #i #i remember

I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained. ↗

— Roberto Duran

#after #declared #doctors #feel #fighters

They have shrunk from inquiry, though they have strained after punishment. I have in every shape dared the one, that I might, so far as lay in my power, be able to secure the other. ↗

— Joseph Howe

#after #dared #every #far #i

Do something everyday for no other reason than you would rather not do it, so that when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test. ↗

— William James

#dire need #draws #everyday #find #hour

By the time I got to record my first album, I was 26, I didn't need pen or paper - my memory had been trained just to listen to a song, think of the words, and lay them to tape. ↗

— Jay-Z

#been #by the time #first #got #had

For industry to settle in a country, you first need electricity; for electricity, you need some trained workers; for trained workers, you need some schools; for schools you need some money; for money, you need some industry. ↗

— Evan Davis

#electricity #first #industry #money #need

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #british #british actors #everyone #i

I grew up being into sports and I wasn't trained to move my body in the right way for dancing. I'm the last one to get any moves correct. In rehearsals it's always, 'OK, one more take for Zac.' ↗

— Zac Efron

#any #being #body #correct #dancing

If the Soviet Union and the United States have not experienced direct military confrontations, on the other hand, they supported, armed and trained Africans, to fight other Africans. ↗

— Omar Bongo

#confrontations #direct #experienced #fight #hand

A good memory is one trained to forget the trivial. ↗

— Cliff Fadiman

#good #good memory #memory #trained #trivial