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“LAOCOON, n. A famous piece of antique scripture representing a priest of that name and his two sons in the folds of two enormous serpents. The skill and diligence with which the old man and lads support the serpents and keep them up to their work have been justly regarded as one of the noblest artistic illustrations of the mastery of human intelligence over brute inertia.”

Source: The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition

“As long as you have a set of beliefs or lack of skills that make you feel you have at the effect of life, you're going to have enormous stress and the quality of your life will go down.”

Feels Long Belief Quality Effects Skills Stress Enormous

Author:Tony Robbins

“Of course, it gave the studio an enormous power, because I don't know any other place who had that skill with images to communicate with. And the need of these kinds of images are even greater now than they ever were because we are losing our life symbols.”

Knows Needs Kind Artist Courses Greater Our Lives Skills Losing Communicate Studios Enormous Symbols

Author:John Hench

“In psychoanalysis as in art, God resided in the details, the discovery of which required enormous patience, unyielding seriousness, and the skill of an acrobat - walking a tightrope over memory and speculation, instinct and theory, feeling and denial.”

Art Feelings Memories Theory Walking Skills Discovery Instinct Details Enormous Denial Speculation Psychiatry Seriousness Psychoanalysis Unyielding

Author:Judith Perelman Rossner

“If you apply conservative principles and you stick with it, and you have the leadership skills to bring people toward the cause, you can move the needle on these things, i reject the notion that we can't solve problems, that the gridlock is too enormous to forge consensus. It requires some creativity to get to a win for everybody.”

People Ifs Problem Moving Winning Causes Leadership Principles Creativity Skills Sticks Notion Conservative Solve Enormous Rejects Consensus Needles Leadership Skills Gridlock

Author:Jeb Bush

“Turns out that people who try new things, go new places, learn new skills, etc. are happier. This can be tough, because novelty and challenge also bring frustration and irritation - but if you can push through that, novelty and challenge can bring enormous happiness rewards.”

People Ifs Trying Turns Challenges Skills Tough Rewards Enormous Frustration Etc New Things Novelty Irritation New Places New Skills

Author:Gretchen Rubin

“Marriage doesn't just happen! It takes a solid set of decisions, a huge amount of skill and enormous willpower.”

Happens Decision Huge Amount Skills Enormous Willpower

Book:The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets

Source: The Triumphant Marriage: 100 Extremely Successful Couples Reveal Their Secrets

“Photography is a mechanical device; photomontage is a piece of work done with the products of photography. This entire process forms one whole... If I assemble documents and juxtapose them with intelligence and skill, the effect of agitation and propaganda on the masses will be enormous.”

Ifs Done Whole Form Process Pieces Effects Products Skills Photography Mass Enormous Propaganda Devices Documents Work Done Agitation

Author:John Heartfield

“I'd read an enormous amount but had spent so much time in my own head that I didn't have extensive social skills. Suddenly I was in this world where I was surrounded by these incredibly polished and wealthy kids who had gone to prep schools, and I felt daunted by them. I don't think people were aware of how full of anxiety I was... For a long time I felt like I was living in a place where I shouldn't have been.”

People Thinking World Long Has Beens Kids School Social Felt My Own Gone This World Amount Skills Anxiety Long Time Enormous Wealthy Polished Preps Social Skills

Author:Dan Chaon

“I have always believed India is a country blessed by God with enormous entrepreneurial skills.”

Country Skills India Blessed Enormous Always Believe Entrepreneurial

Author:Manmohan Singh

“Time after time, history demonstrates that when people don't want to believe something, they have enormous skills of ignoring it altogether.”

People Want Believe Skills Enormous Dresden Harry Dresden

Book:Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files

Source: Dead Beat: A Novel of The Dresden Files