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In practice it is seldom very hard to do one's duty when one knows what it is, but it is sometimes extremely difficult to find this out. Samuel Butler
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Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same. Sally Ride
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Communism to me is one-third practice and two-thirds explanation. Will Rogers
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Perfect practice makes perfect. Twyla Tharp
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The epithets of imbeciles have never bothered me. Rosa Bonheur
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Is what is happening in Idaho an anomaly, a statistical fluke? That is possible. But once it exceeds 1.5 or 2 per million, you start asking questions. If they are all confirmed, it could be odd.
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He just needs a third pitch. Here's a guy who the Twins were asking for in a big-league trade two years ago. So I look for good things from him.
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Harvard Medical School is famous for asking interviewees to open a window that is nailed shut.
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What we've got to do is educate the union. Right now, what they're asking is just totally unrealistic. They need to get realistic about debt revenue and not gross revenue. That's where the big disconnect is.
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He's a combination of a good reporter and the host of a talk show. The concept is for him to really moderate a debate. . . . That requires asking the right questions and being persistent. Larry Kramer
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He's asking for approvals before we see the whole thing. That's not the way it's usually done.