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My objection to Liberalism is this - that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind - namely, politics - of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
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My parents taught me many of the things that people need in life to feel confident: practical things, such as managing finances, mucking out the goat barn, cleaning a house, doing repairs, mending a broken roof or a toilet.
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Nearly all the powerful people of this age are unbelievers, the best of them in doubt and misery, the most in plodding hesitation, doing as well as they can, what practical work lies at hand.
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No delusion is greater than the notion that method and industry can make up for lack of mother-wit, either in science or in practical life.
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Ohioans are practical. We're a can-do people. Give us a problem, we'll give you a solution.
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Only a fraction of book learning will seep into practical life anyhow; and the more foolish the theory, the less of it.
On War (1832) Ch. 23 -
Part of the advantage, and part of the result of trying to be a producer and director, are the practical things, you find. It's so advantageous to go to a place that you already have a feel for, a literal and spiritual familiarity.
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People understand that nuclear weapons cannot be used without indiscriminate effects on civilian populations. Such weapons have no legitimate place in our world. Their elimination is both morally right and a practical necessity in protecting humanity.
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Personally, I do not know whether humankind is alone in this vast universe. But I do know that we should cherish our existence on this precious speck of matter... the greatest gift that could be bestowed upon us. For all practical purposes, there is only one planet Earth.
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Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it.
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Poets, in their way, are practical men; they are interested in results.
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Political debate is of no interest to me. What I want are practical solutions.
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Poverty is very good in poems, but it is very bad in a house. It is very good in maxims and sermons, but it is very bad in practical life.
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Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.
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Practical wisdom is what's called for in situations that have a moral dimension to them.
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Prayer, among sane people, has never superseded practical efforts to secure the desired end.
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Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the world of pure reason ;knows no compromise, no practical limitations, no barrier to the creative activity.
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Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.
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Soon my fists began to swell from hitting his hard head. Right then I realized Wing Chun was not too practical and began to alter my way of fighting.
Bruce Lee in Black Belt magazine (October 1976)
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