“The American people are too well schooled in the duty and practice of submitting to the will of the majority to permit any serious uneasiness on that account” PeopleWellsPracticeSeriousDutyAccountsMajorityPermitSchooledUneasiness Book:1829-1836 Source: 1829-1836
“As economists have often pointed out, we pay doctors for quantity, not quality. As they point out less often, we also pay them as individuals, rather than as members of a team working together for their patients. Both practices have made for serious problems.” MadeProblemTogetherIndividualPayQualityPracticeTeamSeriousMembersDoctorsPatientWorking TogetherQuantityEconomistTeam Working Author:Atul Gawande
“Joy is a part of my process. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that poetry, as a practice, necessitates a sense of joy. It's exhilarating to come into contact with the things we write into being. And a real sense of play and abandon even when we are relying on hard-won technique, and even when the aim is deadly serious. How often do we get the excuse to stop, think, and then stop thinking altogether and try to listen to what sits behind our outside of our thoughts? Poets are lucky.” ThinkingWritingTryingRealHardPlayFactsJoyPoetryProcessBehindsPracticeSeriousPoetLuckyAimExcuseTechniqueContactAbandonOur ThoughtsExhilarating Author:Tracy K. Smith
“While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.” WellsSaidPracticeDoubtAliveMovementSeriousIdealsAgreeIdeologyPropositionsComponentsOngoingZionistFragmented Author:Theodore Bikel
“I didn't want to be criticized for taking low-quality photographs, so I tried to reach the best, highest quality of photography and then to combine this with a conceptual art practice. But thinking back, that was the wrong decision [laughs]. Developing a low-quality aesthetic is a sign of serious fine art-I still see this.” ThinkingWantArtStillsDecisionQualityPracticeLaughingSeriousFinePhotographyHighestLowsPhotographerPhotographDevelopingAestheticFine ArtsWrong DecisionConceptual Art Author:Hiroshi Sugimoto
“The only person that can give up on you is yourself. People will always say no but you gotta keep trying. As long as you are above the ground there's opportunity. Utilize your time and be serious about your craft. Don't forget to PRACTICE! Be serious about your goals. Understand you have to be talented. Don't seek the impossible be realistic!” PeopleGivingTryingPersonsLongOpportunityGoalForgetPracticeImpossibleSeriousGiving UpCraftsRealisticKeep Trying Author:Tamar Braxton
“Bowing is a very serious practice. You should be prepared to bow, even in your last moment. even though it is impossible to get rid of our self-centered desires, we have to do it. Our true nature wants us to.” WantShouldSelfMomentsLastsDesirePracticeImpossibleSeriousPreparedBowsBe PreparedWant USelf CenteredTrue Nature Book:Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind Source: Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
“If we do not begin to practice the muscles of having a possessive investment in each other's oppressions, then we are in some serious trouble.” IfsPracticeTroubleSeriousInvestmentOppressionMusclesPossessive Author:Junot Diaz
“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
“People who are meditating every day and involved in a serious spiritual practice don't usually wake up in the morning and want to rush out to eat a bunch of junk food.” PeopleWantSpiritualPracticeMorningSeriousInvolvedWake UpBunchJunkMeditatingSpiritual PracticeJunk Food Author:Marianne Williamson
“The DOJ has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of force, biased policing and other unconstitutional practices by law enforcement. I'm asking the Department of Justice to investigate if our police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of stops, searches or arrests that violate the Fourth Amendment.” IfsLawForceNationsCommunityJusticePracticeSeriousAskingPolicePatternsReformEngagedDepartmentAmendmentsFourthInvestigationLaw EnforcementEnforcementEmployedBiasedUnconstitutionalPolice DepartmentFourth Amendment Author:Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
“Astrology is the sheerest hokum. This pseudoscience has been around since the day of the Chaldeans and Babylonians. It is as phony as numerology, phrenology, palmistry, alchemy, the reading of tea leaves, and the practice of divination by the entrails of a goat. No serious person will buy the notion that our lives are influenced individually by the movement of distant planets. This is the sawdust blarney of the carnival midway.” PersonsHas BeensReadingPracticeOur LivesMovementPlanetsSeriousNotionTeaAstrologyAlchemyGoatsPhonyPseudoscienceCarnivalsMidwaySawdustNumerologySerious PersonPhrenologyTea LeavesPalmistryBlarney Author:James J. Kilpatrick
“There are abusive practices that have been used in connection with various mental attitudes or feelings. Over-medication in respect to depression is an example that comes to mind. The aversive therapies that have been used in connection with same-sex attraction have contained some serious abuses that have been recognized over time within the professions.” MindHas BeensFeelingsUsedSexAttitudePracticeExampleSeriousConnectionsAbuseVariousAttractionProfessionTherapyMedicationAbusiveMental Attitude Author:Dallin H. Oaks