Quotes by category:Skills

There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well spent. And there are writers-sometimes the same ones, sometimes not-to whom you are powerfully attracted, for reasons that may or may not have to do with literary values. They speak to you, or speak for you, sometimes with a voice that could almost be your own. Often there is one writer in particular who awakens you, who is the teacher they say you will meet when you are ready for the lesson.

James D. Houston

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First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.

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Mental Toughness: The ability to consistently perform toward the upper range of your talent and skill regardless of the competitive circumstances.

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Recovery is an important word and a vital concept. It means renewal of life and energy. Knowing how and when to recover may prove to be the most important skill in your life.

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In determing "the right people," the good-to-great companies placed greater weight on character attributes than on specific educational background, practical skills, specialized knowledge, or work experience.

James C. Collins

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Geniuses of certain kinds - mathematicians, chess players, computer programmers - seem, if not mad, at least lacking in the social skills most easily identified with sanity.

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And Harry, with the unerring skill of the Seeker, caught the wand in his free hand as Voldemort fell backward, arms splayed, the slit pupils of the scarlet eyes rolling upward. Tom Riddle hit the floor with a mundane finality, his body feeble and shrunken, the white hands empty, the snakelike face vacant and unknowing. Voldemort was dead, killed by his own rebounding curse, and Harry stood with two wands in his hands, staring down at his enemy's shell.

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In all social systems there must be a class to do the menial duties, to perform the drudgery of life. That is, a class requiring but a low order of intellect and but little skill. Its requisites are vigor, docility, fidelity. Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads progress, civilization, and refinement.

James Henry Hammond

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Cognitive and character skills work together as dynamic complements; they are inseparable. Skills beget skills. More motivated children learn more. Those who are more informed usually make wiser decisions.

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Leadership: The skill of influencing people to work enthusiastically toward goals identified as being for the common good.

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Authority: The skill of getting people to willingly do your will, because of your personal influence.

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When you're an actor and you walk into a theatre where your movie is playing, you're kinda proud. "Look at my skill!"

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My skills are not of the highest caliber, but I know a thing or two, and I occasionally produce a painting that contains passages of truth and beauty.

James Howard Kunstler

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What I believe is the more we can do for the middle class, the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we will be off and the better we'll grow. That's the kind of economy I want us to see again.

Hillary Clinton

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You've been told that you're broken, that you're damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don't buy it. The truth, instead, is that you are the only folks with the skills, determination, and values to ensure American dominance in this chaotic world.

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The personal qualities necessary for attaining office are practically the opposite of those demanded by the office itself. The trouble with the damn system is that it selects for the skills needed to get elected, and nothing else. A test that you can only pass by cheating can't possibly select honest people.

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At Texas A&M you learn first to follow, then to develop and practice your leadership skills, and finally you become someone others want to follow.

James R. Thompson

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To know whom to strike is competence; to know how to strike is skill; to know where and when to strike is art; to know why to strike is victory.

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In fact, one could argue that the skill of the fiction writer boils down to the ability to exploit intensity.

James Scott Bell

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Almost all the people who lived in Atlantis meditated and had pow... by Frederick Lenz

Almost all the people who lived in Atlantis meditated and had powerful psychic skills.

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