#skills

I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I feel like I have to work really hard to keep myself afloat, doing what I do. But I find it pleasurable. ↗

— Steven Soderbergh

#doing #feel #filmmakers #find #had

As a measure of acting skills, film can be very deceptive. ↗

— Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio

#deceptive #film #measure #skills #very

It is soooooo necessary to get the basic skills, because by the time you graduate, undergraduate or graduate, that field would have totally changed from your first day of school. ↗

— Leigh Steinberg

#basic #because #by the time #changed #day

I loved my time in Congress, but people who spend all of their time planning to run for office have very few useful skills to deploy when they finally get there. ↗

— John Sununu

#deploy #few #finally #get #i

The journalism school helped me develop writing skills, and I had been enjoying cartooning from a very young age. My interest in puppetry, however, came much later. ↗

— William Jackson

#been #came #cartooning #develop #enjoying

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

This is a perfectly good picture. And if I didn't know you, I would be impressed and charmed. But I do know you." He thought some more, wondering whether he dared say precisely what he felt, for he knew he could never explain exactly why the idea came to him. "It's the painting of a dutiful daughter," he said eventually, looking at her cautiously to see her reaction. "You want to please. You are always aware of what the person looking at this picture will think of it. Because of that you've missed something important. Does that make sense?" She thought, then nodded. "All right," she said grudgingly and with just a touch of despair in her voice. "You win." Julien grunted. "Have another go, then. I shall come back and come back until you figure it out." "And you'll know?" "You'll know. I will merely get the benefit of it. ↗

— Iain Pears

#creativity #daughters #duty #expectation #fulfillment

The trick to saying the word cock, is to do it like you have one in your mouth. ↗

— Geoffrey Knight

#tasty-treats #words-of-wisdom #life

The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery. ↗

— Dave Barry

#basically #celery #democrats #demonstrated #management

People should be judged on the basis of their performance, not nationality, personality, education, or personal traits and skills. ↗

— Marvin Bower

#education #judged #nationality #people #performance