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“I have no style. There are certain people who just have a visual sense that defines their work. You could probably watch 30 seconds of anything they do and you'll know exactly who directed it. I don't have that skill.”

People Knows Certain Watches Style Skills Visuals Seconds

Author:J. J. Abrams

“What we need more of is slow art: art that holds time as a vase holds water: art that grows out of modes of perception and making whose skill and doggedness make you think and feel; art that isn’t merely sensational, that doesn’t get its message across in ten seconds, that isn’t falsely iconic, that hooks onto something deep-running in our natures. In a word, art that is the very opposite of mass media.”

Thinking Needs Feels Art Running Grows Water Media Ten Skills Perception Messages Mass Opposites Seconds Hook Make You Think Iconic Mass Media Sensational Vases Doggedness

Author:Robert Hughes

“I'm a really trusting person and I always have been. I just think I've cultivated a very keen skill of recognising someone I shouldn't trust, pretty readily. A person has about 15 to 27 seconds before I'm pretty sure whether or not I can trust them or not.”

Thinking Persons Has Beens I Can Skills Seconds

Author:Julia Roberts

“It takes great skill to tell a compelling story in under 60 seconds. These five directors have mastered the format, using their talent, craft and imagination to provide us with some of the most innovative filmmaking out there today.”

Stories Today Actors Imagination Five Talent Directors Skills Crafts Movie Seconds Filmmaking Compelling Innovative Format

Author:Michael Apted

“I like to compare the two to a quarterback and a lineman. Being a brakeman is very physical and success is mostly determined by how fast you can push a sled for about 30 meters. Your position is won or lost by the hundredths of seconds you are faster than another individual. It's like the lineman who is there mostly for their athleticism and physicality. The driver, like the quarterback, possesses a unique skill that takes a lot longer to learn.”

Two Individual Lost Position Skills Unique Determined Faster Compare Drivers Seconds Quarterback Meter Physicality Athleticism Lineman

Author:Elana Meyers

“Speaking of human computers, there is a guy named Art Benjamin, he's a human calculator. He says it's a skill he learned as a kid. Now he's a math professor at Harvey Mudd. He can find the square root of a six digit number in a few seconds. Practice.”

Humans Art Kids Guy Numbers Practice Skills Six Computer Art Is Roots Math Seconds Professors Squares Harvey Calculators Square Roots

Author:Bill Nye

“I always knew I could hold people's attention and make them laugh every 30 or 40 seconds, and I got approval and attention for that, so the behavior was reinforced. Later, that became an important skill on the street corner.”

People Important Attention Laughing Streets Skills Behavior Corners Seconds Approval Street Corners

Author:George Carlin

“It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I found it very manipulative and controlling. It put the other person constantly on-guard. And it was extremely intimidating because you never knew when she was going to snap. I made a mental note to refine these skills within myself.”

Way Persons Made Found Space Sweet Skills Notes Thirty Sarcastic Seconds Efficiency Intimidating Snaps Manipulative

Book:Take Five: Four Favorite Essays Plus One Never-Been-Seen Essay: Four Favorite Essays Plus One Never-Been-Seen Essay

Source: Take Five: Four Favorite Essays Plus One Never-Been-Seen Essay: Four Favorite Essays Plus One Never-Been-Seen Essay

“Who cared whether you could change motor oil when you could snap a rottweiler’s neck in 2.8 seconds? Now there was a practical skill.”

Skills Oil Practicals Necks Seconds Motor Snaps Rottweilers Motor Oil Practical Skills

Book:Stolen

Source: Stolen