“If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.” IfsRoomsPracticeAudiencePiecesFrontsProveTapeLiving Room Author:Dave Van Ronk
“You, just as you are, and your life here, right now, are all there is and all you need to know. You don't have to do anything special. Mostly, you have to be open to meeting face to face, and even dancing with, the truth that pertains to your life right now. You have to find a way to collect your fractured pieces, examine them, and the accept them as part of who you are. Spiritual practice is about transformation, but it's also, and more importantly, about working with what is.” KnowsWayNeedsFacesSpiritualAcceptingPracticePiecesSpecialRight NowTransformationWho You AreDancingMeetingsFace To FaceSpiritual Practice Author:angel Kyodo Williams
“Russell... I love you. I thank you so much man. You made me better. You know, Your work ethic. I always wanted to compete with you. I always wanted to pull up into the parking lot of the practice facility, And if you beat me there, I was always upset. I always wanted to outwork you. And you set the bar. You set the tone. And thank you so much man. Thank you. You had a big piece of this MVP trophy. You're an MVP caliber player It's a blessing to play with you man.” IfsKnowsMenMadePlayBigsWantedPracticePiecesPlayerLove YouBlessingBeatsEthicsBarsUpsetToneNbaWork EthicFacilityTrophiesParkingParking LotMvpCaliberPull Ups Author:Kevin Durant
“This is the essential distinction--even opposition--between the painting and the film: the painting is composed subjectively, thefilm objectively. However highly we rate the function of the scenario writer--in actual practice it is rated very low--we must recognize that the film is not transposed directly and freely from the mind by means of a docile medium like paint, but must be cut piece-meal out of the lumbering material of the actual visible world.” WorldMindMeanFilmPracticePiecesCuttingPaintingMaterialsEssentialsLowsFunctionPaintRateMediumsCinemaMealsVisibleDistinctionOppositionScenariosDocile Author:Herbert Read
“Get a scalpel, and practice just, say, cutting a piece of meat or something like that. You sort of learn how you want to hold your fingers, and that sort of thing, and try to become graceful when you operate.” WantTryingPracticePiecesCuttingFingersMeatSurgeryScalpels Author:Denton Cooley
“A couple of pieces of advice for the kids who are serious about writing are: first of all, to read everything you can get your hands on so you can become familiar with different forms of writing: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, journalism. That's very important. And also keep a journal. Not so much, because it's good writing practice. Although it is, but more because it's a wonderful source of story starters.” WritingFirstsImportantDifferentStoriesHandsKidsFormFictionPracticePiecesWonderfulAdviceSeriousSourceCoupleFamiliarJournalismJournalNon FictionGood WritingWriting FictionStarters Author:Ann M. Martin
“My dad started teaching me how to play guitar when I was 13 years old. When he'd go to work, he'd map out guitar cords on a piece of notebook paper. I'd sit down and look at it every day and practice while he was gone.” YearsLooksPlayPracticeGonePiecesTeachingDadPaperDown AndGuitarMy DadMapsNotebookCords Author:Jason Aldean
“The conception, composition, practice, and performance of a piece of music can blossom in a single moment.” MomentsPracticePiecesPerformancesConceptionCompositionSingle Mom Author:Stephen Nachmanovitch
“If you're able to build from your falls you'll be unstoppable and damn near fearless. You see, every time you fall down and get back up, you add another piece of body armor to yourself. You learn what not to do, how to do better, and how to create comfort through practice.” IfsBodyAbleFallPracticePiecesComfortDown AndAddFearlessDamnGet BackFalling DownArmorUnstoppable Book:The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life) Source: The Nerdist Way: How to Reach the Next Level (In Real Life)
“We are living at a time when the Prostestant church is rediscovering the truth that transformation in Christ occurs through the disciplines of formation. Finally, Adele Calhoun has pulled all of these together into one volume, complete with clear definitions and practices of a variety of ways that God uses to grow our lives. No longer do you have to root through scattered pieces of paper, nor a chapter here and there to get the big picture of the tried and true disciplines. This is one resource you will want to have at your fingertips.” WayWantUseBigsTogetherGrowsChristChurchPracticeClearPiecesOur LivesDisciplinePaperResourcesRootsTransformationDefinitionsVarietyChaptersVolumeHere And ThereFormationBig PictureFingertips Author:Greg Oden
“Yes it is true that pro-capitalist forces have a lot of power. But so did slave-holding racists. We give ourselves hope when we conceptualize capitalism as a set of practices that can be challenged by fighting the piece of the puzzle we feel most compelled to fight.” GivingFeelsFightingForcePracticePiecesCapitalismSlaveRacistCapitalistPuzzlesCompelled Author:Cynthia Kauffman
“There are a variety of techniques for breaking software down into pieces and making software development more efficient. Many of these techniques have been sort of... and everybody got excited about but very little benefit was actually derived once the thing was put into practice.” LittlesHas BeensPracticePiecesDevelopmentBenefitsExcitedTechniqueVarietySoftwareEfficientSoftware Development Author:Bill Gates