1,149 Quotes About Skills

  • Author Craig ferguson
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    Being the executive producer of a film is not that difficult. It just means that you have some power. There's not a huge amount of skill involved, I don't know how much I'm giving away here. I feel like that guy on Fox, giving away the magicians' tricks. It's not rocket science, being an executive producer of a film.

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  • Author David Frum
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    Yet when the hour of decision arrives, it turns out that many conservatives care as little as ever about administrative skill and executive accomplishment. Our party and our movement overwhelmingly respond to symbolic cues. Sarah Palin is exciting and appealing. But what kind of executive is she? None of us have even the remotest idea.

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  • Author Debbie Ford
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    If we are willing to allow our dark side to be a part of the whole of who we are, we will find it comes equipped with all the power, skill, intelligence, and force needed to do great things in the world.

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  • Author Feist
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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.

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  • Author Gayle Forman
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    I want to ask him where that kitchen is. Where he's from. But he seems guarded. Or maybe it's me. Maybe making friends is a specific skill, and I missed the lesson.

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  • Author Harrison Ford
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    The basic skill of an actor is, in fact, empathy, and that's maybe not a skill, it's a disposition. I am an assistant storyteller. I enjoy feeling useful to a team effort. It's my way of finding a use for myself, a utility in this world.

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  • Author Henry Fielding
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    the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.

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  • Author Jimmy Fallon
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    During his weekly address to the nation, President Obama discussed higher education and said, 'The most important skill you can sell is your knowledge.' Or as English majors working at Starbucks put it, 'No it's not.'

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  • Author Jodie Foster
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    It's a skill that people are born with. Either you're a focuser or you're a multitasky person. I am a full-focus person.

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