#practise

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! ↗

— Walter Scott

#first #practise #tangled #weave #web

To all the rest of his Absurdities, (for vice is always unreasonable,) he adds one more, who expects that Vertue from another which he won't practise himself. ↗

— Mary Astell

#always #another #expects #himself #his

First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. ↗

— David Brainerd

#endeavour #first #life #practise #resolve

You have to be down here in the States to realize just how tightly controlled the corporate media is and how much they practise Soviet-style censorship through creative omission. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#controlled #corporate #creative #down #here

Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can be practised and nurtured. ↗

— Edward de Bono

#creativity #idea #mystical #nurtured #practised

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

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

The only way to get back the confidence is to play and win matches. You can practise as much as you like, but you need confidence that comes from playing and winning matches. ↗

— Greg Rusedski

#comes #confidence #get #like #matches

Come on. I don't have any problem violating my own insights in practice. ↗

— Slavoj Žižek

#practise-vs-preach #insight