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• Every kid thinks they have something special about themselves. Every adult thinks they have a big idea at some point in their life. Rather than pursue every thing they possibly can to prepare themselves to enable their idea or special talent, they tend to wing it and make excuses.

  Mark Cuban

  Kids, Thinking, Wings

  "Interview: Mark Cuban, Businessman". Interview with Scott McKenzie, slushpile.net. March 9, 2006.

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• This morning take a few minutes to reflect on how you give of yourself to the world. Often we get caught up in the frenzy of buying and giving things. Look at the ways you give appreciation, friendship, energy, time, love, and affection, and give of your own special talents and abilities throughout the year. Acknowledge yourself for having enriched the lives of others. Spend some time loving yourself for the giving light that you are.

  Shakti Gawain

  Appreciation, Morning, Loving Yourself

  Shakti Gawain (2010). “Reflections in the Light: Daily Thoughts and Affirmations”, New World Library

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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I think reality television is such a special talent.

  Margaret Cho

  Reality, Thinking, Special

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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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• 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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• A timeless lesson for a deeply fulfilling life is to discover your calling, that special work or consuming occupation that fully engages your special talents with your passions.

  Robin Sharma

  Passion, Special, Calling

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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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• 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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• A man is like a bit of Labrador spar, which has no lustre as you turn it in your hand until you come to a particular angle; then it shows deep and beautiful colors. There is no adaptation or universal applicability in men, but each has his special Talent, and the mastery of Successful men consists in adroitly keeping themselves where and when that turn shall be oftenest to be practiced.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Beautiful, Successful, Men

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2009). “Essays”, p.287, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Everyone should read, we say, but we act as if only those with special talent should write.

  Roy Peter Clark

  Book, Writing, Special

  "Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies for Every Writer". Book by Roy Peter Clark, January 10, 2008.

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• Each of us is born brilliant. Then we spend the rest of our lives having our brilliance buried by people, circumstances, and experiences. Eventually, we forget that we ever had genius and special talents, and our brilliance is locked away in a vault deep within. So we settle for who we are, instead of striving for who we were meant to be.

  Simon T. Bailey

  People, Special, Genius

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• [T]he schools, through reliance upon the spur of competition and the bestowing of special honors and prizes, only build up and strengthen the disposition that makes an individual when he leaves school employ his special talents and superior skill to outwit his fellow without respect for the welfare of others

  John Dewey

  School, Skills, Competition

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