"We cannot make good news out of bad practice."

-- Edward R. Murrow

#Practice Quotes #Government Quotes #News Quotes

“Talent jogs to conclusions to which Genius takes giant leaps.”

Source : Edwin Percy Whipple (1859). “Lectures on Subjects Connected with Literature and Life”, p.162
“What drew me to the violin was mastering the instrument technically, which I'm continuing to do.”
“The way to maximize production is to maximize the incentives to production. And the way to do that, as the modern world has discovered, is through the system known as capitalism - the system of private property, free markets, and free enterprise.”
“If there be only hours, at least learn what there is time to learn.”

Source : Vernor Vinge (2010). “Zones of Thought: A Fire Upon the Deep, A Deepness in the Sky”, p.368, Hachette UK
“The whole earth is a living icon of the face of God. ... I do not worship matter. I worship the Creator of matter who became matter for my sake, who willed to take His abode in matter, who worked out my salvation through matter. Never will I cease honoring the matter which wrought my salvation! I honor it, but not as God. Because of this I salute all remaining matter with reverence, because God has filled it with his grace and power. Through it my salvation has come to me.”
“...When I look back on my life's greatest traumas...I see that each one has something in common. No matter how life-shattering they felt at the time, there was an end to them.”
“Yet that man is happy and poets sing of him who conquers with hand and swift foot and strength.”
“Singers are experts at keeping things from dripping on their throats. Believe me, they're experts.”

Source : "For Opera Powerhouse Dolora Zajick, 'Singing Is Connected To The Body'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. March 19, 2014.

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