Talent Quotes - Page 21

• I don't mind getting up in front of people and playing - singing by myself, as raw as it comes, with nobody else helping me out, which shows that you have a little bit of talent.

  Bronson Arroyo

  People, Mind, Singing

  "Red Sox's Bronson Arroyo Records Album". Associated Press Interview, www.foxnews.com. July 16, 2005.

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• Everyone has the talent to some degree: even making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you know whether it tastes better to you with raspberry jam or grape jelly; on chewy pumpernickel or white toast.

  Anna D. Shapiro

  White, Peanut Butter, Degrees

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• I think that's, it's my way of writing, it's my, it's part of you know for lack of a better word, God-given talent that I have that I'm really good at that kind of dialogue.

  Quentin Tarantino

  Writing, Thinking, Way

  "Pulp And Circumstance: Tarantino Rewrites History". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. August 27, 2009.

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• Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much anymore, when you're surrounded by great musicians who bring their spirit, their own talent.

  Adrian Grenier

  Ideas, Musician, Matter

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It is the manner of (Cadel) Evan's triumph that has particularly endeared him to his countrymen and women... Australians place a premium on persistence in adversity... His win in the year's tour was much more than an exhibition of pure sporting talent; it was a display of grit that will long be treasured by all who saw it.

  Paul Ramadge

  Sports, Adversity, Persistence

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• I am working on a list for collaborations and it's just another way to share your artistic talent with other artist.

  Heather Headley

  Artist, Collaboration, Way

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is no master and their servant manages its affairs. How can there be no mischief?

  Zicheng Hong

  House, Taoism, Affair

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• I think the Europeans are a lot more spontaneous, more artistic to some degree. But I don't think they have the technical talent we do here in the states. Here people have been trained much more specifically - they know exactly what they're doing. The Europeans are perhaps slower, but in the end damn near as good.

  Lee Van Cleef

  Thinking, People, Degrees

  Source: www.fistful-of-leone.com

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• I was lucky, from the age of 12 I had boxing talent and was good for my age.

  Muhammad Ali

  Boxing, Age, Lucky

  "Parkinson" with Michael Parkinson, www.mirror.co.uk. 1971.

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• Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders.

  Brad Pitt

  Baseball, Going For It, Screenwriters

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Few artists have influenced the sound and trajectory of popular music more distinctly, or touched quite so many people with their talent. A strong spirit transcends rules,' Prince once said - and nobody's spirit was stronger, bolder, or more creative. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, his band, and all who loved him.

  Barack Obama

  Strong, Prayer, Artist

  Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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• I believe deeply that every one of us has an individual talent or trait that can be used to make a difference in some way.

  Jeff Orlowski

  Believe, Differences, Making A Difference

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• Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

  Judy Blume

  Determination, Giving Up, Important

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• Billy Beane was a guy who had been devalued by the sport as a player and now is working as a GM for a small-market team.There is such a gulf in what these teams have to spend on talent [that] they can never play equally - they can never have a true competition.

  Brad Pitt

  Sports, Team, Player

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• When you respect somebody who has talent, whether it's a designer or a photographer, then you don't want to let yourself down - but you also really don't want to let them down.

  Guido Palau

  Want, Photographer, Designer

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.

  Ahmet Ertegun

  People, Eric, West

  Source: www.slate.com

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• Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to stage his breakthrough. So many of the expats who were there at that time were there to do precisely that. It was an ambition-fueled town.

  Lesley M. M. Blume

  Baby, Ambition, Paris

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Well, the difference in working with the Supremes and the other girl groups like Martha and the Vandellas, and the Marvelettes, you let the material dictate to you, uh, really, how you worked with the group, and with the talent, and the personalities. All of these things was instrumental in having all of the groups, uh, retain their own identity. Uh, and, and the material had a lot to do with it, you know.

  Cholly Atkins

  Girl, Differences, Personality

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• Michael Gove is an incredibly talent guy and a Brexiteer. But he has been telling all of us for the last five years that he doesn't want to [be the Prime Minister] and he doesn't think he's got it in him to do it so his conversion on the road to Damascus has come pretty late.

  Andrew Mitchell

  Thinking, Years, Guy

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• In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Mom, America, Giving

  Source: frankviola.org

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• In southern Italy, where my grandparents had lived, there were few opportunities. The society was static, with rigid social classes. Poor people, like my grandparents, had little chance to improve their lives, no matter their talents or willingness to work.

  Samuel Alito

  Opportunity, Southern Italy, Class

  "An Interview With Justice Samuel Alito on Immigration, His Mentors and Advice for a Successful Life". Interview with Madaline Donnelly, dailysignal.com. November 9, 2014.

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• I have no real talents. If I could make a living at a normal job, I'm sure I would do that.

  Daniel Tosh

  Jobs, Real, Normal

  "Mr. Daniel Tosh coming to NAU". The Lumberjack Interview, www.jackcentral.org. September 11, 2008.

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• I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Passion, Trying, Found

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• I just think of Fannie Lou Hamer, because even though she didn't know my name Ms. Hamer was thinking of me. I just want to do a good job, because I want her to look over that edge of heaven and say, "That's why I did it. That's why. I knew we had the capacity and the talent to be everything America says we can't be. All we needed was an open door."

  Leah D. Daughtry

  Jobs, Thinking, Names

  Source: www.elle.com

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• My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.

  Ivanka Trump

  Mother, Jobs, Father

  "Business empress, now super-surrogate: Can Ivanka Trump be dad’s deal-closer?" by Jennifer G. Hickey, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2016.

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