“I was born in the '60s and grew up in the '70s - not exactly the best decade for food in British history. It was horrendous. It was a time when, as a nation, we excelled in art and music and acting and photography and fashion - all creative skills... all apart from cooking.” ArtNationsBornActingCreativeFashionGrewSkillsPhotographyGrew UpCookingBritishDecadesBritish HistoryArt And Music Author:Heston Blumenthal
“Eden Robinson is one of those rare artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of us decades to achieve.” WritingArtistTakenAchieveSkillsDecadesMaturityEden Author:Thomas King
“While most of today's jobs do not require great intelligence, they do require greater frustration tolerance, personal discipline,organization, management, and interpersonal skills than were required two decades and more ago. These are precisely the skills that many of the young people who are staying in school today, as opposed to two decades ago, lack.” PeopleTwoTodaySchoolJobsYoungGreaterDisciplineSkillsOrganizationManagementDecadesToleranceFrustrationStayingInterpersonalInterpersonal SkillsStay In School Author:James P. Comer
“Americans have been good at improvising for a long time, but in the last few decades, we have gotten very sloppy about the rote memorization of facts. That's a discipline issue. You need the rote skill in order to have something to improvise off of, otherwise you are simply playing air guitar.” NeedsLongHas BeensFactsLastsOrderIssuesAirDisciplineSkillsLong TimeGuitarDecadesSloppyImprovisingMemorizationAir Guitar Author:John Medina
“It was used for decades to describe talented computer enthusiasts, people whose skill at using computers to solve technical problems and puzzles was - and is - respected and admired by others possessing similar technical skills.” PeopleProblemUsedSkillsComputerSolveDecadesPuzzlesPossessingTechnical Skills Author:Kevin Mitnick
“In the four decades after World War II, manufacturing jobs paid more than other jobs for given skills. But that is much less true today. Increased international competition has forced American manufacturers to reduce costs. As a result, the pay premium for low-skilled workers in manufacturing is smaller than it once was.” WorldWarTodayJobsGivenResultsPayFourCostSkillsLowsPaidCompetitionWorkersInternationalDecadesWar Of The WorldsWorld War IiManufacturingPremiumSkilled Workers Author:Christina Romer
“John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two decades in Washington, the hairy blue mold on the American congressional sandwich.” MenMadeTwoSelfPoliticalSkillsSurvivalUltimateBlueDecadesServingSandwichesMoldHacksSelf Serving Author:Matt Taibbi
“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.” HardPoliticsWinningEnergyEasyGoalChallengesAcceptingWillingMoonSkillsDecadesOrganizeUnwillingSpace ExplorationNasaSpace TravelPresident KennedyPeaceful Revolution Author:John F. Kennedy