When I first ran for Congress, I decided that I would not take pledges to vote for or against any issue. I believe the practice of taking pledges contributes to the worst of the partisan gridlock in Washington, preventing many members of Congress from even considering a reasonable compromise offered by the other side.
Bill Foster
PracticeBelieveCompromiseVote
In an ideal world, an individual's institutional power would be correlated perfectly with his or her value-add. In practice, this is seldom the case.
Gary Hamel
PowerPracticeWorldIndividualHer
My musician friends could always practice what they loved doing, but I can't go on a street corner and start reciting a monologue. Acting is very collaborative, and you always need other people with you - mainly an audience.
Julia Stiles
PracticePeopleStartLovedDoing
I was asleep at the wheel before cancer shook me awake.
Kris Carr
FaithSpiritualPracticeMeCancer
I advise everyone to build a house at 19. It's such good practice.
Edwin Lutyens
GoodPracticeHouseBuildEveryone
When I started my own practice, I was criticized, not because I was doing product design but because, like Le Corbusier, I was insisting on paintings in all of my buildings. I would paint wall murals in the houses that I designed, just as he did in the '20s and '30s.
Michael Graves
PracticeDesignDoingBuildingsWall
You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.
Susan B. Anthony
WomenPracticeBetterYouPrinciples
I practice at home, in between phone calls, and have much to do.
Bill Bruford
HomePracticePhonePhone CallsMuch
Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.
Fay Weldon
PracticeMindYouManifestOne Thing
I learned early on how to make best use of my time. You know, quality is more important than quantity when it comes to practice time. And unfortunately, I still need to practice a lot.
Joshua Bell
TimeBestQualityPracticeYouKnow
How do you play well? You practice well. You prepare well.
Kirby Smart
PracticeYouPlayPrepareWellHow
The idea that a poem was a made thing stayed with me, and I decided then that I wanted to be an artist, not just a diarist. So I put myself through a kind of apprenticeship in writing poetry, and I understood even then that my practice as a poet was deeply related to my reading.
Edward Hirsch
MyselfPoetryPracticeMeWriting
Sometimes the very best of all summer books is a blank notebook. Get one big enough, and you can practice sketching the lemon slice in your drink or the hot lifeguard on the beach or the vista down the hill from your cabin.
Michael Dirda
BestBeachPracticeEnoughYouDown
Last week I was in London at an awards show, then I flew home and was in an RV park with my wife and kids in our motorhome, this week I'm in NY doing a charity event, and tomorrow I'll be coaching my daughters soccer practice. I guess the range of roles I play on film stem from the range of roles I play in real life.
Peter Facinelli
LifeHomeWifePracticeTomorrow
I retire to make way for an abler man. In my four years as attorney general I have aged about ten years, but when I have get back to the practice of law, I hope to show those lawyers that I still have some vitality left.
Alexander Henry
HopeManPracticeLawLawyersBack
I think it is quite untrue that it is standard journalistic practice to name the interviewer when quoting from an interview.
Fareed Zakaria
PracticeThinkNameInterviewQuite
Practice quality, and you get better at quality. But quality takes time, so by working solely on quality, you end up losing something else that's important - speed.
Jason Fried
TimeQualityPracticeLosingBetter
I've never played an attorney, and I'd like to do so on a show like 'The Practice' or 'Law & Order.'
Juliet Landau
PracticeLawNeverOrderShowLike
The core constituency that Republicans must satisfy in high court nominations is the party's social conservative base, which fundamentally cares about issues, not diversity, and has accepted white men who practice the judging it admires.
Benjamin Wittes
MenDiversityPracticeWhiteParty
Failure happens all the time. It happens every day in practice. What makes you better is how you react to it.
Mia Hamm
FailureTimeDayPracticeBetter
Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.
Pete Sampras
PracticeGameShortEnoughFallOut
My closest friend, who died not long ago, is buried near Marx's grave in Highgate cemetery, so I see the gaggle of admirers laying roses at the foot of his tombstone regularly. I have never been tempted to leave flowers there myself. Great theories, shame about the practice. Marx did many things. But inventing class was not one of them.
Alastair Campbell
FriendGreatMyselfPracticeFlowers
Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.
Adam Davidson
GreatPracticeFeelRulesIgnoring
Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.
Jaron Lanier
CommunicationPracticePersonalSeem
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