- International
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- Nov 07, 2020
Skills Quotes
Lines on building ability over time.
This set looks at skills from both athletic and professional angles, weighing the value of technical ability against the instinct to recall and apply moves under pressure. See our Ability quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Far
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned a lot in the Minor Leagues, spending six years there. I honed my skills, as far as coaching goes. I was able to work with the players in a lot of facets of the game.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be fair, my analysis failed to spell out Obama's first-term accomplishments, although I did acknowledge his 'enormous skills' and tried to focus readers on the distinction between good and great presidencies.
- Build
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whites have not had to build the cognitive or affective skills or develop the stamina that would allow for constructive engagement across racial divides.
- Find
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- Nov 07, 2020
Many psychopaths describe the traditional treatment programmes as finishing schools where they hone their skills. Where they find out that there are lots of techniques they had not thought about before.
- Nov 07, 2020
I have no organisational skills. All my energy goes into worry - worrying takes a lot of energy.
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- Nov 07, 2020
'Divergent,' directed by Neil Burger, displayed an admirable seriousness and some grim verve in laying out the boundaries of novelist Veronica Roth's dystopia - six segregated but ostensibly harmonious regions defined by their inhabitants' skills.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think my fighting skills have certainly been improved by working with Peter Jackson.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've heard from pre-K and kindergarten teachers alike that the Common Core is inappropriately pushing written literacy standards when the focus should be on the development of oral literacy skills. And that's actually delaying the development of literacy.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hijab, or sikh turban, or Jewish skullcap are all explicit symbols, but they do not represent a threat or affront to others, and have no bearing on the competence, skills and intelligence of a person.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an opposition leader. But Mr Modi is also my prime minister. Mr Modi has certain skills. He's a very good communicator.
- Nov 07, 2020
For centuries our wealth has come from our ambition, entrepreneurial skills and global reach.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Wal-Mart creates entry level jobs for people who don't have a lot of skills; those jobs don't pay a lot.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I actually ended up in fashion as opposed to sport because I needed the money. And it turned out that it tapped all my skills.
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- Nov 07, 2020