Alongside her writings and poetry, she had a knack for a prescient and inspiring quote: "Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time and the arena, and the manner of our revolutions, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing".
As a diplomat, public servant and shadow minister, Rudd had an unhappy knack of making colleagues loathe him.
The result reflected not just his personal charm and gentleness – he had the knack of never sounding like a career politician even after 30 years at Westminster – but personal bravery too.
Mind you, Brown has a knack for defying expectation.
It's easy to see why Janet Yellen's rare knack for reading the economy could come in handy.
If his style wasn't considered groundbreaking, de la Renta had a knack of dressing the most influential women of every decade, from royals and politicians to socialites and pop stars.
Ian Holloway joked that he would continue signing Phillips, currently on loan from Blackpool, into his 50s and 60s if he still had the knack of finding the back of the goal.
The solution – speed reading – may seem like a magician's parlour trick or a knack you have to be born with.
He has inherited Ming Campbell's knack of seeming above the party fray, and added a talent for the wounding phrase that is all his own.
They both need Cameron's knack for governing without a majority to work a little longer.
His knack for embodying a variety of dark and complex characters earned Spacey a reputation that has since extended into voice acting, stage direction and film production.
