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Only a skillful and experienced person can transform his inner fear into alertness and attentiveness. Always be clearly prepared for future challenges. Carefully, thinking slowly, learn to be prepared for anything, because no one is responsible for your actions except yourself. – Narsha Bulgakbaev	added by nbulgakbaev 4 months ago
When I became Bill Clinton ambassador for the Bill Clinton, Lavrov, Foreign Minister had been there 10 years already. So he was very skillful, he knew how to maneuver in Security Council. He was very formidable. And so we have Russia right now, very knowledgeable about Bill Clinton operations so that's an advantage that they have. – Bill Clinton	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade -- in a skillful way -- the immune protection that we're giving. – Albert Bourla	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Often we let our mind quickly react to something before we've truly had time to allow our higher levels of cognitive functioning, our prefrontal cortex, to weigh in, we want to pause, ponder and digest this, and take a couple seconds to decide what is the most skillful way to react. – Glenn Levine	Found on CNN 2 years ago
It's a small gesture, no doubt, but a very characteristic one for a skillful politician like( President Lyndon Johnson) to lose no chance to cultivate loyalty and support. – Mark Lawrence	Found on CNN 3 years ago
They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck — whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards. – Jeremy Kudon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck - whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards. – Jeremy Kudon	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In the face of what can seem to be a very steep climb for the Republicans you really have to look at each individual race and ask yourself about the vulnerability of each of those candidates, these Republicans are pretty skillful politicians. I don't see Kelly Ayotte as a particularly easy mark for the Democrats. – Ross Baker	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The musical emotion springs precisely from the fact that at each moment the composer withholds or adds more or less than the listener anticipates on the basis of a pattern that he thinks he can guess, but that he is incapable of wholly divining. If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void. When the composer withholds less, the opposite occurs: he forces us to perform gymnastic exercises more skillful than our own. – Claude Lévi-Strauss	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels... – Laozi	added by anonymous 10 years ago
The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders. – Eric Hoffer	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest. – Epicurus	added by anonymous 10 years ago
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better. – Harry S Truman	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter. – LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe	added by anonymous 13 years ago
The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. – Epicurus	added by anonymous 13 years ago
A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security. – Author Unknown	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. – William A. Foster	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Genuinely skillful use of obscenities is uniformly absent on the Internet. – Karl Kleinpaste	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests. – Epicurus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors. – African Proverb	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The truly skillful politician is one who, when he comes to a fork in the road, goes both ways. – Marco A. Almazan	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skillful direct it. – Jeanne-Marie Roland	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Between the amateur and the professional...there is a difference not only in degree but in kind. The skillful man is, within the function of his skill, a different psychological organization...A tennis player or a watchmaker or an airplane pilot is an automatism but he is also criticism and wisdom. – Bernard De Voto	added by anonymous 14 years ago

Only a skillful and experienced person can transform his inner fear into alertness and attentiveness. Always be clearly prepared for future challenges. Carefully, thinking slowly, learn to be prepared for anything, because no one is responsible for your actions except yourself.

– Narsha Bulgakbaev

added by nbulgakbaev
4 months ago

When I became Bill Clinton ambassador for the Bill Clinton, Lavrov, Foreign Minister had been there 10 years already. So he was very skillful, he knew how to maneuver in Security Council. He was very formidable. And so we have Russia right now, very knowledgeable about Bill Clinton operations so that's an advantage that they have.

– Bill Clinton

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Many variants are coming, and Omicron was the first one that was able to evade -- in a skillful way -- the immune protection that we're giving.

– Albert Bourla

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Often we let our mind quickly react to something before we've truly had time to allow our higher levels of cognitive functioning, our prefrontal cortex, to weigh in, we want to pause, ponder and digest this, and take a couple seconds to decide what is the most skillful way to react.

– Glenn Levine

Found on CNN
2 years ago

It's a small gesture, no doubt, but a very characteristic one for a skillful politician like( President Lyndon Johnson) to lose no chance to cultivate loyalty and support.

– Mark Lawrence

Found on CNN
3 years ago

They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck — whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards.

– Jeremy Kudon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They're not like games of chance, where no matter how skillful the player is, winning or losing almost always comes down to luck - whether it's the spin of a wheel, the roll of the dice, or the turn of the cards.

– Jeremy Kudon

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In the face of what can seem to be a very steep climb for the Republicans you really have to look at each individual race and ask yourself about the vulnerability of each of those candidates, these Republicans are pretty skillful politicians. I don't see Kelly Ayotte as a particularly easy mark for the Democrats.

– Ross Baker

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The musical emotion springs precisely from the fact that at each moment the composer withholds or adds more or less than the listener anticipates on the basis of a pattern that he thinks he can guess, but that he is incapable of wholly divining. If the composer withholds more than we anticipate, we experience a delicious falling sensation; we feel we have been torn from a stable point on the musical ladder and thrust into the void. When the composer withholds less, the opposite occurs: he forces us to perform gymnastic exercises more skillful than our own.

– Claude Lévi-Strauss

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The skillful traveller leaves no traces of his wheels...

– Laozi

added by anonymous
10 years ago

The real persuaders are our appetites, our fears and above all our vanity. The skillful propagandist stirs and coaches these internal persuaders.

– Eric Hoffer

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.

– Epicurus

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

– Harry S Truman

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Their element is to attack, to track, to hunt, and to destroy the enemy. Only in this way can the eager and skillful fighter pilot display his ability. Tie him to a narrow and confined task, rob him of his initiative, and you take away from him the best and most valuable qualities he posses: aggressive spirit, joy of action, and the passion of the hunter.

– LtGen Adolf Galland, Luftwaffe

added by anonymous
13 years ago

The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.

– Epicurus

added by anonymous
13 years ago

A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner, neither do uninterrupted prosperity and success qualify for usefulness and happiness. The storms of adversity, like those of the ocean, rouse the faculties, and excite the invention, prudence, skill and fortitude or the voyager. The martyrs of ancient times, in bracing their minds to outward calamities, acquired a loftiness of purpose and a moral heroism worth a lifetime of softness and security.

– Author Unknown

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

– William A. Foster

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Genuinely skillful use of obscenities is uniformly absent on the Internet.

– Karl Kleinpaste