Skills Quotes — Page 32

Author

“Reading is a majority skill but a minority art. Yet nothing can replace the exact, complicated, subtle communion between absent author and entranced, present reader.”

Art Reading Skills

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Louise Wilson

Fashion Designer

“Oh, they've been putting in the long hours ... But is that because they don't have the skills, and everything takes twice as long? Or do they put in these hours to avoid what they should be doing ... which is stopping and binning a lot of [their work]?”

Long Fashion Skills

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C. S. Lewis

Writer, Scholar

“Only the skilled can judge the skillfulness, but that is not the same as judging the value of the result.”

Judging Skills Results

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Paulo Coelho

Writer

“Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a sword. He will be able to fight more skilfullly next time.”

Fighting Skills Warrior

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Edward de Bono

Psychologist

“To develop thinking as a skill, it should be deliberate, focused, confident, and enjoyable.”

Thinking Should Skills

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Eminem

Rapper, songwriter, record producer

“My rhyming skills got you climbing hills, I'll travel through your mind into your spine like siren drills.”

Mind Skills Climbing

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Daniel Kahneman

Psychologist, Nobel Laureate

“Although professionals are able to extract a considerable amount of wealth from amateurs, few stock pickers, if any, have the skill needed to beat the market consistently, year after year.”

Years Able Skills

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Benjamin Franklin

Inventor, Statesman, Author

“Oh the wonderful knowledge to be found in the stars. Even the smallest things are written there ... if you had but skill to read.”

Stars Skills Astrology

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Deepak Chopra

Author, Speaker

“Whatever you are passionate about, there is some skill associated with it and there's some service associated with it. Go for it, and don't worry about the money all the time.”

Worry Skills Passionate

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Ali Larter

Actress

“It [RESIDENT EVIL: AFTERLIFE] has definitely been the biggest learning curve for me. As an actor, whenever I start on a movie, different things that I perform in ask for different skill sets. And this one is definitely the technological side of it. You have to hit your mark. You can't weave back and forth because your nose is jutting at you in 3-D. It's really been learning how to do that and also it's exciting to be on the forefront of this technology.”

Technology Skills Afterlife

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Umberto Eco

Writer, Philosopher, Literary Critic

“To play the trumpet, you must train your lips for a long time. When I was twelve or thirteen I was a good player, but I lost the skill and now I play very badly. I do it every day even so. The reason is that I want to return to my childhood. For me, the trumpet is evidence of the sort of young man I was.”

Men Player Skills

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Jim Rohn

Author, Motivational Speaker

“Don't wish for less problems; wish for more skills.”

Inspirational Skills Golf

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