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odd-things done television
I've probably done the odd thing. I've probably done more than I would have done and some things you don't say no to. You don't say no to working with "The Simpsons"... the greatest comedy show on television. You mustn't. Even though going to my bad judgment, I remember saying that all I can do is make this show slightly worse. Ricky Gervais
odds teeth fairy-tale
The more one knows fairy tales the less fantastical they appear; they can be vehicles of the grimmest realism, expressing hope against all the odds with gritted teeth. Marina Warner
odds favors ifs
The odds are not in your favor the older you get, especially if you're a woman in this business. Patricia Clarkson
odds doe argument
The strongest of all arguments against the interference of the public with purely personal conduct, is that when it does interfere, the odds are that it interferes wrongly, and in the wrong place. John Stuart Mill
odds people silence
If you're Australian, you feel it in your bones because you're at odds with everybody else, except other Australians, in the sense that people always seem to be behaving strangely. People always seem to be behaving the wrong way, in a different way. You say things and there are silences. Nick Cave
odds risk investing
If you roll dice, you know that the odds are one in six that the dice will come up on a particular side. So you can calculate the risk. But, in the stock market, such computations are bull - you don't even know how many sides the dice have! Nassim Nicholas Taleb
odds underdog beats
I've always been an underdog. I feel like I beat the odds. J. Cole
skills long honor
Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill. Brian Jacques
skills people want
If you want the truth to prevail, you must cause people to realize the truth. This requires much more skill than is required to simply tell it. Roy H. Williams
skills people given
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. Sugar Ray Leonard
skills people needs
What you need to know to direct a movie is [of] such great variety. I've worked with people who were maestros, who know everything. I've worked with people who were empty and lost, who had no clue what they were doing. You wouldn't hire them to paint your apartment. And then there's everything in-between. There's no list of skills you have to have to sit in that chair. Tony Gilroy
skills people leader
There are good leaders who actively guide and bad leaders who actively misguide. Hence, leadership is about persuasion, presentation and people skills. Shiv Khera
skills waiting lines
She assumes that skill will guide her fingertips, that shapely lines will uncoil out of the pencil the moment she starts. Surely talent is a thing curled deep inside, just waiting to be exercised, and at the slightest invitation it will stretch, shake itself, make itself known? Talent, it seems, is not so insistent. Gregory Maguire
skills littles sticks
Learning to shoot firearms to me is a little like driving stick - it seems like a decent skill to have. Sarah Wayne Callies
skills like-being-alone people
Socializing is more positive than being alone, that’s why meetings are so popular. People don’t like being alone. That would be, however, an important skill to learn... Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
skills effort demand
Most enjoyable activities are not natural; they demand an effort that initially one is reluctant to make. But once the interaction starts to provide feedback to the person's skills, it usually begins to be intrinsically rewarding.
voice people passionate
I'm also very passionate about charity because it helps people who don't have as loud of a voice as I do. Demi Lovato
voice optimism hopeful
If an optimist had his left arm chewed off by an alligator, he might say in a pleasant and hopeful voice, "Well this isn't too bad, I don't have a left arm anymore but at least nobody will ever ask me if I'm left-handed or right-handed," but most of us would say something more along the lines of, "Aaaaaa! My arm! My arm! Daniel Handler
voice economy geneva
There are no European voices at Geneva, there are no European voices at START. E. P. Thompson
voice use bunny-rabbits
Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he could have said "bunny rabbit" in that tone of voice and weaken my spine with the same shiver of fear. Patricia Briggs
voice down-and faces
Your woman tells me you will hunt me down and eat my marrow while I live." "Did she?" Charles looked at her, and she saw the approval in his face. She doubted anyone else would have read anything at all. His voice was a caress, just for her. "Would you like that, love?
voice pieces records
When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble. Paul Weller
voice vision sticks
I love anybody who's willing to stick to their own vision, their own voice, who's not easily swayed by money or by financers who are going to tell them what they should do. Mary Elizabeth Winstead
voice world essentials
Photos tend to organize chaos, to define what we're doing here. It is essential that individuals' voices depict the world around us, as we are increasingly controlled by large institutions, large companies and large systems. Martin Parr
voice fire burning
Everyone wants a voice in human freedom. There's a fire burning inside all of us. Lech Walesa