“People see my impressions as a great skill and I am flattered, but there are things I can't do that everyone else can. I can do funny voices and funny faces but I can't drive.” PeopleI CanFacesVoiceCan DoSkillsImpressionFlatteredFunny Face Author:Matt Lucas
“Education brings sustainability to all the development goals, and literacy is the foundation of all learning. It provides individuals with the skills to understand the world and shape it, to participate in democratic processes and have a voice, and also to strengthen their cultural identity.” WorldIndividualProcessGoalVoiceIdentityDevelopmentShapesSkillsFoundationDemocraticSustainabilityLiteracyDemocratic ProcessCultural Identity Author:Irina Bokova
“Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.” GivingArtistVoiceSkillsApproachStrongerTechniciansCommunicatorsTechnical Skills Author:Sara Genn
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.” WorldDoeArtAgeArtistCoursesVoiceGoneSuccessfulTalentSkillsPressesPropertyBeing SuccessfulVolumeMicrophones Book:More in Anger Source: More in Anger
“Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your work personal, and in following your own voice, which makes your work distinctive. . . Even talent is rarely distinguishable, over the long run, from perseverance and lots of hard work.” LongHardRunningArtistVoiceAcceptingTalentHard WorkBecomingSkillsPerseveranceFollowingLong RunsDistinctiveAccepting Yourself Author:David Bayles
“Writing for publication is an art, a craft, and a business, so you need to develop skill sets in multiple areas. You need to learn how to be a marketer just as much as you need to get past your influences and develop your unique prose voice. And you can't do it alone. You need a strong emotional support system to help cope with the frustrations and setbacks.” NeedsWritingArtHelpingPastStrongVoiceSupportInfluenceEmotionalSkillsUniqueAreasCraftsProseFrustrationMultiplePublicationSetbackMarketersSupport SystemsEmotional SupportStrong Emotional Author:Brian Hodge
“It's about using social media for social change: creating a community of advocates who can use their voices on behalf of the voiceless, or leverage their talents, skills, knowledge, and resources to put more children into classrooms, or pressure their elected representatives to get global education top of the agenda.” ChildrenUseSocialVoiceCommunityTalentMediaSkillsCreatingResourcesPressureSocial MediaAgendasClassroomRepresentativesBehalfSocial ChangeVoiceless Author:Queen Rania of Jordan
“BRICS must provide a united and clear voice in shaping a peaceful, balanced and stable world. We must harness each other's strengths, in knowledge, skills and resources.” WorldVoiceUnitedClearSkillsResourcesIndiaPeacefulStableBalancedGovernanceHarnessBrics Author:Narendra Modi
“There are writers you admire, for the skill or the art, for the inventiveness or for the professionalism of a career well spent. And there are writers-sometimes the same ones, sometimes not-to whom you are powerfully attracted, for reasons that may or may not have to do with literary values. They speak to you, or speak for you, sometimes with a voice that could almost be your own. Often there is one writer in particular who awakens you, who is the teacher they say you will meet when you are ready for the lesson.” WellsMayArtSometimesReasonValuesSpeakVoiceCareersTeacherParticularReadyLessonsSkillsAdmireProfessionalismInventiveness Author:James D. Houston
“The greatest damage done by advertising is precisely that it incessantly demonstrates the prostitution of men and women who lend their intellects, their voices, their artistic skills to purposes in which they themselves do not believe, and that it teaches [in the words of Leo Marx] 'the essential meaninglessness of all creations of the mind: words, images, and ideas.'” MenMindBelieveIdeasDonePurposeVoiceTeachCreationSkillsEssentialsMen And WomenIntellectAdvertisingArtisticDamageProstitutionIncessantlyMeaninglessness Author:Paul Baran
“I used to do stuff at college. I could do voices. I could make some people laugh. I wasn't the class clown, but I knew I had this skill.” PeopleUsedStuffVoiceClassLaughingCollegeSkillsClown Author:Steve Coogan
“The radio voice, you're in the studio, there's nobody around, and you're using your personality and enunciation skills to get the message across. At the stadium, there are vendors, there are people, the fans talking to each other. It's very difficult. If you were to speak as a radio disk jockey, no one would ever understand what you're saying.” PeopleIfsSpeakDifficultVoiceTalkingFansPersonalitySkillsMessagesRadioStudiosStadiumsJockeysDiskVendors Author:Charlie Brotman
“'Dog Days' was recorded with pens and the wall, and half a stolen drum kit that was out of tune, in what was basically a cupboard. The only instrument I could really play was my voice, so we just layered everything a hundred times. It was enthusiasm over skill.” PlayVoiceHalfDogWallSkillsHundredInstrumentsEnthusiasmTunesPensStolenCupboardsDog Days Author:Florence Welch