Skill Quotes
1130 quotes by 915 authors
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Intelligence is something we are born with. Thinking is a skill that must be learned.
— Edward de Bono
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People who have faith in life are like swimmers who entrust themselves to a rushing river. They neither abandon themselves to its current nor try…
— David Steindl-Rast
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The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, who want…
— Will Smith
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Songwriting is a really fortunate skill to have to frame living and to find new ways to observe things you're going through.
— Feist
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Boxing is the magic of men in combat, the magic of will, and skill, and pain, and the risking of everything so you can respect…
— F.X. Toole
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Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark…
— Oliver Cromwell
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Boxing isn't just about brute strength; it's about skill and outwitting your opponent.
— Lennox Lewis
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Pele was the most complete player I've ever seen, he had everything. Two good feet. Magic in the air. Quick. Powerful. Could beat people with…
— Osvaldo Ardiles
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It [fiction] allows us to see the world from the point of view of someone else and there has been quite a lot of neurological…
— Philip Hensher
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Yesterday they called it coincidence. Today it's synchronicity. Tomorrow they'll call it skill.
— Antero Alli
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I liked sports but I never really had the confidence. I was always coordinated and it came easy to me, but I didn't have the…
— Bradley Cooper
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Pretending is not just play. Pretending is imagined possibility. Pretending, or acting, is a very valuable life skill and we do it all the time.
— Meryl Streep
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There are a couple of things I want to impart to ladies who want to be in comedy: One, you don’t have to be weird…
— Tina Fey
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I never did one thing right in my life, you know that? Not one. That takes skill.
— Samuel L. Jackson
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It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.
— Matthew Macfadyen
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There's many times this year I've sat back and thought, I'm making a living from making things up. It's the only skill I have so…
— Colin Mochrie
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Without revealing too much, there's a specific skill set you need to be in Loki's army - let me know if you have the qualifications.
— Tom Hiddleston
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Walter Beasley is an anomaly: a successful performing musician who possesses the rare skill of understanding the musical process beyond the intuitive. This special ability…
— Branford Marsalis
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The best experience for me at CMU was being on stage so much, getting that comfort ability and learning that technique you can use with…
— Matt Bomer
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Every job leaves its residue, a bit of extra knowledge, a new skill-set.
— Joel Edgerton
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