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Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground!

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Ambidextrous, adj.: Able to pick with equal skill a right-hand pocket or a left.

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We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost.

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The successful person has unusual skill at dealing with conflict and ensuring the best outcome for all.

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Now in regard to trades and other means of livelihood, which ones are to be considered becoming to a gentleman and which ones are vulgar, we have been taught, in general, as follows. First, those means of livelihood are rejected as undesirable which incur people's ill-will, as those of tax-gatherers and usurers. Unbecoming to a gentleman, too, and vulgar are the means of livelihood of all hired workmen whom we pay for mere manual labour, not for artistic skill; for in their case the very wage they receive is a pledge of their slavery.

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To show our simple skill, That is the true beginning of our end.

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Glen Hirshberg's stories are haunting, absolutely, but not only because of the content -- the stories themselves haunt, they stick around, they linger, inhabiting a little corner of the reader's brain and resurfacing to evoke mystery or sadness or longing. It's a pleasure to dive into Hirshberg's storytelling skills in American Morons.

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We live in a world of unused and misapplied knowledge and skill.

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Skill makes love unending.

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And the maestro surely wielded the chairman's baton with extraordinary skill. His stellar record suggests that the only right answer to the age-old question of whether it is better to be lucky or good may be: both.

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It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

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When it came down to technical skill and ability of the two teams, Croatia were far superior.

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The arts develop skills and habits of mind that are important for workers in the new economy of ideas.

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Constant practice devoted to one subject often outdoes both intelligence and skill. - Assiduus usus uni rei deditus et ingenium et artem saepe vincit

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At around 19 I realized that I really didn't have any skills other than making people laugh, so I should probably pursue it full-time.

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When it came down to technical skill and ability of the two teams, Croatia were far superior.

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There is a dearth of thinking skills - people are taught what to think, not how.

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People who watch their weight, golf scores, and fuel bills seem to shun quantitative evaluation of their investment management skills although it involves the most important client in the world-themselves.

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There are only two types of speakers in the world. 1. The nervous and 2. Liars.

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Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics] has been able to arise in Egypt, the priestly caste there having the leisure necessary for disinterested research.

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