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“Poetry is often the art of overhearing yourself say things you didn't know you knew. It is a learned skill to force yourself to articulate your life, your present world or your possibilities for the future.”

Knows World Art Force Possibility Skills Poetry Is Overhearing

Author:David Whyte

“With uncertainty in oil markets, a buildup of speculative pressures and the large U.S. current account deficit, there is a real possibility that Paulson's crisis-management skills will be tested.”

Real Possibility Skills Accounts Pressure Management Crisis Currents Oil Uncertainty Tested Deficit Crisis Management Management Skills

Author:Lawrence Summers

“The capacity to innovate - the ability to solve problems creatively or bring new possibilities to life - and skills like critical thinking, communication and collaboration are far more important than academic knowledge.”

Thinking Important Problem Ability Possibility Communication Skills Capacity Solve Critical Collaboration Academic Critical Thinking New Possibilities

Author:Tony Wagner

“The most fundamental attack on freedom is the attack on critical thinking skills. Comments display our universal failure to teach and value critical thinking, leaving the possibility open that both everything and nothing could be true.”

Thinking Values Teach Possibility Skills Universal Fundamentals Leaving Critical Being True Comment Display Critical Thinking

Author:Travis Nichols

“The variety of shape, pattern, and color found in the languages of the world is a testament to the wonder of nature, to the breathtaking array of possibilities that can emerge, tangled and wild, from the fertile human endowments of brain and larynx, intelligence and social skills.”

Source: In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language

“Developing a skill is painful, though. It is difficult. And that's part of the satisfaction. You will only find meaning in what you struggle with. What you struggle to get good at next may not seem the exact right thing for you at first. With time and effort, however, you will discover new possibilities in yourself-an ability to solve problems, for instance, or to communicate, or to create beauty.”

Firsts May Problem Seems Next Difficult Ability Effort Struggle Possibility Skills Painful Satisfaction Communicate Solve Instance Developing Right Thing Find Me New Possibilities

Author:Atul Gawande

“Some people can work amid chaos or conversations, and some can't - and while there's no doubt an element of brain wiring to it, there's also the possibility of acquiring skills that improve your focus.”

People Brain Doubt Focus Possibility Skills Conversation Elements Chaos No Doubt Wiring

Author:Carolyn Hax

“Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.”

World Giving Helping Chance Possibility Skills Essentials Give Me Dimensions Help Me Melody Multiple Composing Learning New New Skills Give Me A Chance Learning New Skills

Author:Liz Phair

“The mere formulation of a problem is far more essential than its solution, which may be merely a matter of mathematical or experimental skills. To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle requires creative imagination and marks real advances in science.”