#skill

The conundrum of sanity and insanity, is that it serves us to be some of each. It's really only a question of degrees. You cannot possibly be 100% adjusted and live in this INSANE world. A little bit of crazy is a coping skill. ↗

— Kelli Jae Baeli

#insane #insanity #philosophy-of-life #sane #sanity

And so Harry became proficient in the task of cleaning up vomit. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#humor #skills #humor

Empty-page staring again tonight. It's maddening. I suppose people who don't write (like the Connollies) imagine anything that can be though can be expressed. Well, I don't know. I can't do it. It's this sort of thing that makes me belittle the whole business: what's the good of a 'talent' if you can't do it when you want to? What should we think of a woodcarver who couldn't woodcarver? or a pianist who couldn't play the piano? Bah, likewise grrr. ↗

— Philip Larkin

#skill #business

To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your: heart, mind, and soul working together in tandem. ↗

— Maurice Young

#inspiration #inspirational #mastery #mastery-of-skills #motivational

It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today. ↗

— Michael Apted

#compelling #craft #directors #filmmaking #five

If you've been told all your life that you're good-looking, people just flock around you and you never really have to try or have to learn an interesting craft, skill or hobby - or even have depth. ↗

— Brittany Daniel

#been #craft #depth #even #flock

If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant but achieving. ↗

— Lynn Davies

#alongside #becoming #coach #developing #helping

You must immerse yourself in your work. You have to fall in love with your work … You must dedicate your life to mastering your skill. That’s the secret of success. ↗

— Chef Jiro

#mastery-of-skills #success #life

Kids want to saute, to cut the pizza, to see how the ingredients come together. If you let them do the fun stuff, they'll develop skills and interests that will stay with them forever. ↗

— Guy Fieri

#cut #develop #forever #fun #fun stuff

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill. ↗

— Jock Sturges

#became #concerned #defending #far #good