Talent Quotes - Page 12

• I was definitely a thespian of sorts in elementary school. I went to a real small private school and every year I participated in the talent shows and the school plays, all of 'em.

  Ariel Pink

  Real, School, Years

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Persistence is worth at least as much as talent. The writing life is not a series of gentle encouragements. It's more like a series of brutal kicks in the teeth. Those who grow a thick enough skin to persevere, survive. Those who do not, do not.

  Gardner Dozois

  Encouragement, Writing, Persistence

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• People often say 'I live for my art.' Bullshit! If you are given a talent it's to be used. It's not in the private domain.

  Rod McKuen

  Art, People, Bullshit

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• I need to depend on Someone who is bigger, stronger and wiser than I am. I don't do it on my own. God is my strength. He gave me a good body and some talent and the freedom to develop it. He helps me when things go wrong. He forgives me when I fall on my face. He lights the way.

  Hank Aaron

  Fall, Light, Forgive Me

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• Messi or Cristiano - Speed? Cristiano. Shot? Cristiano. Dribbling? Messi. Intelligence? Messi. Talent? Messi. Winner is Messi!

  Usain Bolt

  Messi, Winner, Speed

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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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• The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.

  A. Scott Berg

  Successful, Editors, Financial

  A. Scott Berg (2013). “Max Perkins: Editor of Genius”, Simon and Schuster

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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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• A teacher who is only interested in great talents is like a man who only seeks the company of rich people.

  Carl Flesch

  Teacher, Men, People

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• If they're going to cast one person and not another, it's not rejection of your talent, it's just that they want one person and not someone else. As an actor, unfortunately, it's not your job to cast the movie.

  Ben Schnetzer

  Jobs, Rejection, Actors

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• My aunt was a fashion model and I happened to go to her agency with her, one day, when I was five. A talent agent said, "You should come talk to us." I did a few things. I did an indie movie and commercials, and stuff.

  Ellar Coltrane

  Fashion, Aunt, Agency

  Source: collider.com

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• There is no point in competing with young talent...I just concentrate on getting better each day.

  Michael Caine

  Get Better, Each Day, Young

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• China has many successful entrepreneurs and business people. I hope that more people of insight will put their talents to work to improve the lives of poor people in China and around the world, and seek solutions for them.

  Bill Gates

  Successful, People, Entrepreneur

  "Bill Gates, in Communist newspaper, urges more in China to help poor". www.reuters.com. April 27, 2014.

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• Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

  Nicolas Gomez Davila

  Expression, Doe, Freedom Of Expression

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• Modest expression is a beautiful setting to the diamond of talent and genius.

  Edwin Hubbel Chapin

  Beautiful, Expression, Genius

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• We have banished our artists to the fringe of society and tell them to eat cake. It is our artists who choose freedom over safety and use their talents to question and confront the culture.

  Peter Block

  Artist, Cake, Safety

  Peter Block (2003). “The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters”, p.134, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

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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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• We believe that when the right talent meets the right opportunity in a company with the right philosophy, amazing transformation can happen.

  Reid Hoffman

  Philosophy, Believe, Opportunity

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• It is an odd fact of evolution that we are the only species on Earth capable of creating science and philosophy. There easily could have been another species with some scientific talent, say that of the average human ten-year-old, but not as much as adult humans have; or one that is better than us at physics but worse at biology; or one that is better than us at everything. If there were such creatures all around us, I think we would be more willing to concede that human scientific intelligence might be limited in certain respects.

  Colin McGinn

  Philosophy, Thinking, Average

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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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• There is more talent per square metre in Ireland than there is anywhere else. We just don't harness or help them ... the radio stations prefer to support the likes of Rihanna and Beyonce.

  Louis Walsh

  Squares, Support, Radio

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• I'm always looking at the next thing. I'm too curious to look back...it's very hard to be unhappy when you're curious and grateful. You're busy. You don't have time to be unhappy. My biggest talent is I know who is more talented than I am. I find them and I go to them, and I learn.

  Liza Minnelli

  Grateful, Unhappy, Looks

  "Super trouper" by Gareth McLean, www.theguardian.com. October 05, 2006.

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• There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.

  Zig Ziglar

  Knowing, Certain, Used

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• I think living is serious. Living well, accepting yourself, using your talents to the fullest, enjoying yourself, that's all serious and important...But I think makeup and fashion should not be taken that seriously...You should have fun making up for a party. You should have fun wearing a sexy dress. When you're beautiful it should give you pleasure.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Beautiful, Sexy, Fashion

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• I have always been determined to never compromise my faith or my principles. I always relied on my God-given talent when I took the field. So the idea of using PED's to enhance my performance was a line I chose not to cross.

  Tim Salmon

  Ideas, Principles, Lines

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