#skills

I understand why the Tories will be gunning for Alastair Campbell because they fear his campaigning skills. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#campaigning #campbell #fear #gunning #his

And I think that what is of concern is that they seem to be bringing skills from the scientific world into the interrogation room in a way that begs a lot of questions about whether it's ethical. ↗

— Jane Mayer

#begs #bringing #concern #ethical #i

Comedy takes a very specific technique, specific skills. ↗

— Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#skills #specific #takes #technique #very

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. ↗

— Michael S. Miller

#selling #selling-skills #business

When you have the courage to follow your talents into the dark unknown places they lead, often God will send angels to light your way. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#confidence #skills #talents #courage

Much of education today focuses on obedience skills rather than critical thinking skills. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#knowing #skills #education

Follow the rules until you make them. ↗

— Luke Green

#skills #truisms #writing #life

Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to say. It would be interesting to know how many great women have had great fathers and husbands behind them. ↗

— Dorothy L. Sayers

#clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#capability #confidence #optimism #possibility #skills

it's all a popularity contest, which unfortunately often has more to do with good looks rather than actual talent. ↗

— Andrew James Pritchard

#fame-and-fortune #life-skills #popularity #talent #art