Special Talents Quotes - Page 2

• The world of dance is a natural world from which civilization has divorced many of us by making it appear remote - something reserved for the few who have a special talent.

  Margot Fonteyn

  Dance, Civilization, Special

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• Everyone is born with some special talent.

  Isabel Allende

  Special, Talent, Born

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• To be good to yourself ... Sometimes it seems that takes a special talent all its own.

  Lorna Landvik

  Special, Talent, Sometimes

  Lorna Landvik (1999). “Patty Jane's House of Curl”, Ivy Books

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• This powerful, practical book, based on years of proven and profi table experience, shows you how to leverage your special talents to maximize the opportunities surrounding you. The Compound Effect is a treasure chest of ideas for achieving greater success than you ever thought possible!

  Brian Tracy

  Powerful, Book, Opportunity

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• Are there experts, ethical experts, that's very offensive to all of us? Because it's part of our humanity to have a stake in these questions to feel that we ourselves know the difference between right and wrong. And then along come these experts, philosophers, claiming, you know, an expertise, a special training, a special skill, a special talent.

  Rebecca Goldstein

  Skills, Differences, Humanity

  "What Do We Have To Teach Plato?". "Here and Now" with Robin Young, kbia.org. April 22, 2014.

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• To discover that you can paint without special talent is a great revelation. An endless stream runs through you, enough to paint for lifetimes. Talent is universal. You can dip into that source to your heart's content. Everyone is good at what comes to them spontaneously. If nothing is put in your way, talent will meet you there.

  Michele Cassou

  Running, Heart, Special

  Michele Cassou, Stewart Cubley (1996). “Life, Paint and Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous”, p.34, Penguin

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• There is no merit in a special talent unless its exercise is of use to others.

  Sax Rohmer

  Exercise, Special, Use

  Sax Rohmer (2015). “Fu-Manchu - Emperor Fu-Manchu”, p.176, Titan Books

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• I think we have some special talents. That being said, I think it's dangerous to rely on special talents - it's better to own lots of monopolistic businesses with unregulated prices. But that's not the world today. We have made money exercising our talents and will continue to do so.

  Charlie Munger

  Exercise, Thinking, Special

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• Figure out what you believe in and what you're willing to fight for, then figure out what your special talents are and apply them to it.

  Mark Deklin

  Believe, Fighting, Special

  "Mark Deklin: On Love, Parenthood, and Making a Difference". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• For me, it is the worst kind of sacrilege if you are given some of special talent and you don't take advantage of this gift.

  Jaromir Jagr

  Special, Talent, Kind

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• I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious. The important thing is to not stop questioning. Curiousity has its own reason for existing.

  Albert Einstein

  Special, Important, Talent

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• This Guy (Messi) is the Best Player in the World, no doubt about that. I think we're always nervous about calling people who are currently playing, who are young at 23, to say he's the Best Player ever. But we shouldn't be. We should admit what we are seeing in front of our eyes. This is a special talent, who may be is the Best Player ever been seen.

  Gary Neville

  Eye, Player, Thinking

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• Nobody tells the history of marijuana and its prohibition like Russ Belville does. He has a special talent for presenting scholarship in a remarkably engaging way. That’s why I turned to Russ when I needed someone to present on the subject to the annual staff retreat of the Drug Policy Alliance. And it’s why I repeatedly recommend him for speaking and media opportunities. He’s good!

  Ethan Nadelmann

  Marijuana, Opportunity, Media

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• We have to put in our time every day to try and achieve and learn so that we can develop our talents and each of you, thank goodness, have special talents; each of you are special persons.

  Bruce Vento

  Thank You, Trying, Special

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• God has given each of us one or more special talents....It is up to each of us to search for and build upon the gifts which God has given.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Special, Gifts And Talents, Given

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• I have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.

  Patricia Reilly Giff

  Writing, Special, Talent

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• It doesn't take special talents to reproduce--even plants can do it. On the other hand, contributing to a program like Emacs takes real skill. That is really something to be proud of. It helps more people, too.

  Richard Stallman

  Real, Hands, Skills

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• I think reality television is such a special talent.

  Margaret Cho

  Reality, Thinking, Special

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• Who can justly measure the righteous influence of a mother's love? What enduring fruits result from the seeds of truth that a mother carefully plants and lovingly cultivates in the fertile soil of a child's trusting mind and heart? As a mother, you have been given divine instincts to help you sense your child's special talents and unique capacities.

  Richard G. Scott

  Mother, Children, Heart

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• God created you with special talents for a purpose, and sometimes those we love most don't understand that. Don't let the doubts of others ring louder than God's whispers to your spirit. Sometimes God's whispers are harder to hear, but they're to be trusted the most.

  Tricia Goyer

  Doubt, Special, Purpose

  FaceBook post by Tricia Goyer from Dec 30, 2013

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• As a young man God blessed me with a special talent to throw a football.

  Dan Marino

  Football, Blessed, Men

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• I'm one of those people who was meant to have a very ordinary life. I have no special talent, no great beauty, nothing that distinguishes me from a hundred, thousand other girls. But I can't go through an entire lifetime without at least one night of magic.

  Lisa Kleypas

  Girl, Night, People

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• In an organization of any significant size, the executives cannot create the future single-handedly. They must develop the enterprise in a constellation of teams within the overall team if they hope to bring the special talents and resources to bear on the challenge of creating superior customer value and sustaining a competitive advantage in the eyes of its customers.

  Karl Albrecht

  Team, Eye, Organization

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• The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office.

  H. L. Mencken

  Men, Office, Political

  "Charting the Candidates '72". Book by Ronald Van Doren, p. 7, 1972.

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• Paul Scholes is just fantastic. When you play alongside him, you realise what a special talent he is.

  Michael Carrick

  Play, Special, Talent

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