#skill

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#doubt #lack #point #senses #skill

A number of Americans were used, most often unwillingly, by North Korea to arm spies with English-speaking skills so they could target American interests in South Korea and beyond. ↗

— Robert Jenkins

#american interests #arm #beyond #could #english-speaking

If you write a hit song for Britney Spears, it's worth several million dollars. Just one song! And it might have taken you two hours to do it. It's like mining for gold. It takes a lot of skill and a lot of technique. ↗

— Jewel

#britney spears #dollars #gold #hit #hours

So I did in fact spend two and a half years in the Middlesbrough car park practising skills. But if you spend four or five or six hours a day practising, you get better. ↗

— Craig Johnston

#car #day #did #fact #five

To have the opportunity to lead the Solicitor General's office is the honor of a lifetime. As you know, this is an office with a long and rich tradition, not only of extraordinary legal skill but also of extraordinary professionalism and integrity. That is due, in large measure, to the people who have led it. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#due #extraordinary #general #honor #integrity

One reason outfielders don't have stronger arms might be they don't practice as much as we did. Most teams today don't take outfield practice. Another reason is baseball has to compete with other sports now - basketball, football, soccer - for the better athletes that might have more skills and stronger arms. ↗

— Al Kaline

#arms #athletes #baseball #basketball #better

I grew up in a family where our mother made our clothing. We didn't have a lot of money, so we learned how to scrimp, and we learned how to invent and to create. And those are learned skills. ↗

— Marcy Kaptur

#create #family #grew #how #i

I feel fortunate that there was a place like the CFL where I could hone my skill and become a consistent football player and have a nice career. ↗

— Darren Flutie

#become #career #consistent #could #feel

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. ↗

— Diane Keaton

#humanity #i #i think #people #skills

No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality. ↗

— Jonathan Kozol

#behind #between #child #denies #educational