“The ability of human beings to be creative depends fundamentally on the health and well-being of our biosphere, the few kilometres of air, water, and soil that surround our planet like the skin of an apple. Quite simply, they are the physical and spiritual bases of our lives, and the only source of materials and tools.” HumansWellsEarthSpiritualWaterHuman BeingsAbilityCreativeOur LivesAirPlanetsMaterialsSourceDependsToolsSkinsBasesWell BeingApplesSoilSurroundBe CreativeOur PlanetBiosphere Author:Freeman Patterson
“It is not something I earned or acquired or bought (the ability to pitch). It is a gift. It is something that was given to me - just like the color of my skin.” GivenAbilityColorSkins Author:Bob Gibson
“I see blindness more as an ability and sight more as a disability because there are some people with sight who tend to judge others by what they see on the outside but I don't see that. I don't see the skin color, the hair style or the clothing people wear; I only see that which is within a person.” PeoplePersonsAbilityStyleColorJudgingHairSkinsSightDisabilityClothingsBlindnessSkin Color Author:Patrick Henry Hughes
“If you recall when [John] Kennedy passed an edict, 'Every person you hire in the Post Office must be African American,' the challenge with that is if all of a sudden, you are hired just because of the color of your skin, ability has nothing to do with it.And if ability has nothing to do with it, what does it do? It promotes mediocrity.” IfsPersonsDoeChallengesAbilityColorOfficeSkinsAfrican AmericanPostsMediocrityRecallsPost OfficeJohn Kennedy Author:Rafael Cruz
“People have assumed that I have to run the ball before I can throw it most all of my career, all the way back before high school. It's a stereotype put on me for a long time because I'm African-American and I'm a dual-threat quarterback. I don't know why that stereotype is still around. It's about talent and the ability to throw the ball, not the color of your skin or your ability to also be a dangerous runner.” PeopleKnowsWayLongStillsI CanRunningSchoolAbilityCareersTalentDangerousColorLong TimeHigh SchoolSkinsBallsThreatAfrican AmericanRunnersStereotypeQuarterback Author:Deshaun Watson
“Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may be especially true for seniors, as the ability to synthesize vitamin D in the skin declines with age.” PeopleNeedsMayWholeAgeAbilityLevelsLowsSkinsPopulationDeclineSeniorVitaminsSupplementsLow LevelVitamin D Author:Andrew Weil
“The main thing is the YOU beneath the clothes and skin--the ability to do, the will to conquer, the determination to understand and know this great, wonderful, curious world.” KnowsWorldAbilityWonderfulClothesDeterminationSkinsCuriousConquer Author:W. E. B. Du Bois
“I had all the characteristics of a human being—flesh, blood, skin, hair—but my depersonalization was so intense, had gone so deep, that my normal ability to feel compassion had been eradicated, the victim of a slow, purposeful erasure. I was simply imitating reality, a rough resemblance of a human being, with only a dim corner of my mind functioning” FeelsMindHumansRealityHuman BeingsAbilityCompassionGoneBloodHairNormalSkinsVictimCornersFleshIntenseCharacteristicsRoughOf My MindResemblancePsychoImitatingDepersonalization Author:Bret Easton Ellis
“If magic was present, it moved under the skin of the world, beneath the ability of human eyes to catch sight of it.” IfsWorldHumansEyeAbilityMagicSkinsSightMovedHuman Eyes Author:Gregory Maguire
“Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.” PeopleGivingWritingHumansCharacterNamesHuman BeingsAbilityTalentIdentityPersonalitySkinsRelate Author:Mel Brooks
“Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.” PeopleGivingFeelsBookCharacterReadingImaginationAbilityFictionCreativityMetsSkillsEmpathySkinsLive LifeImagination And CreativityReading Fiction Author:Ann Patchett
“A single raised eyebrow. "You've defected, sweetheart. No use worrying about the big, bad wolf now." She was aware of Judd speaking, but her attention never shifted off the man who was a predator, for all that he wore human skin. When he peeled open and held out a bar of some kind, she took it, aware low energy levels could be dangerous when it came to her ability to keep a handle on the cold fire. "Thank you." A faint smile, a strange amusement in those icy eyes. "You're welcome." It was the most polite interaction they'd ever had.” MenHumansKindUseBigsEyeEnergyAbilityLevelsAttentionWorryFireDangerousStrangeColdLowsSkinsRaisedBarsHandleWelcomeInteractionPoliteAmusementEyebrowsPredatorSweetheartIcyEnergy LevelsYou Re WelcomeRaised Eyebrows Author:Nalini Singh
“A game of great charm in the adoption of mathematical measurements to the timing of human movements, the exactitudes and adjustments of physical ability to hazardous chance. The speed of the legs, the dexterity of the body, the grace of the swing, the elusiveness of the slide - these are the features that make Americans everywhere forget the last syllable of a man's last name or the pigmentation of his skin.” MenHumansBodyLastsGamesNamesChanceAbilityForgetGraceMovementSkinsBaseballLegsSpeedMathematicalFeaturesCharmSwingsTimingAdoptionSlidesMeasurementAdjustmentSyllablesDexterityExactitudeAmerican BaseballPhysical AbilityElusiveness Author:Branch Rickey
“The essence of love and compassion is understanding, the ability to recognize the physical, material, and psychological suffering of others, to put ourselves "inside the skin" of the other. We "go inside" their body, feelings, and mental formations, and witness for ourselves their suffering. Shallow observation as an outsider is not enough to see their suffering. We must become one with the subject of our observation. When we are in contact with another's suffering, a feeling of compassion is born in us. Compassion means, literally, "to suffer with."” LoveMeanEnoughFeelingsBodySufferingUnderstandingBornAbilityCompassionSubjectsMaterialsSkinsEssenceHelping OthersContactPsychologicalObservationBuddhistWitnessOutsidersShallowFormationLove And CompassionSuffering Of OthersUnderstanding And Compassion Author:Nhat Hanh