Taking the time to polish a pun or fine-tune a practical joke is a way of saying, 'I'm thinking about you and I want to please you.'
When you are on assignment, film is the least expensive thing in a very practical sense. Your time, the person's time, turns out to be the most valuable thing.
I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.
The writer's greed is appalling. He wants, or seems to want, everything and practically everybody, in another sense, and at the same time, he needs no one at all.
Ultimately, you have to write what's coming at any given point in time. Fighting your instincts for practical reasons is a losing battle.
Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form.
I give up on spending time on these courts; I give up on practicing before the tournament I hate. I hate this.
You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.
You can trust a Neil Simon script. Every dot. Every dash; that pause means something. He takes all the jokes out, practically.
Brandt: Always practicing, Cleric. Maybe that's why you're the best. John Preston: Maybe I'm just better.
Marlin: If this is some kind of practical joke, it's not funny, and I know funny. I'm a clownfish.
Shelby Carpenter: I don't know a lot about anything, but I know a little about practically everything.
Most social problems could be helped or prevented if people had more money and practical advice.
The practical core of democracy, defined functionally, is the peaceful exchange of power between different groups of powerful political players arranged in parties.
I would like nuclear fusion to become a practical power source. It would provide an inexhaustible supply of energy, without pollution or global warming.
I have a lot of respect for countries where the practice of democracy is highly developed. I think, however, that each country has to have its own specific features of democracy.
I did an O-level in domestic science when I was at school, but on the day of the practical exam, it was a cookery nightmare.
I used to practice at the hockey ground on synthetic surface while I was in the sports hostel, so Test cricket is certainly going to be a challenge for me.
You achieve long-term success step by step. Try to achieve your goals one at a time, like you do target practice.
The practice of executing such offenders is a relic of the past and is inconsistent with evolving standards of decency in a civilized society.
I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.
