Joseph Cook Quotes
It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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'Fight Master' is a proving ground for young, aspiring fighters who want a chance to play on a bigger stage. That's something it has in common with 'The Ultimate Fighter,' which has always been like a farm league for the UFC, a place to develop new talent.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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One thing I've learned is that I'm not the owner of my talent; I'm the manager of it.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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New Jersey is a great place to live. And we have given some of the best talent to the world, from Jack Nicholson, John Travolta, to Jerry Lewis to Bon Jovi to Frank Sinatra.
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Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.
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There are thousands of good-looking women out there. Longevity for a heroine doesn't come only with good looks: talent matters.
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You can never have enough talent.
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I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.
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I was lucky enough to have the talent to play baseball. That's how I treated my career. I didn't think I was anybody special, anybody different.
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Most people don't have so much talent that they can become a success all their own. We all need people to help us and lift us up.
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I was given a talent to play cricket. I don't know why I was given it. But I was. I owe it to all those who wish it had been them to give of my best, every day.
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I think if you're artistic in any way, you're probably born with it. I guess it's a talent that can be learned here and there, but I think the instinct to tell a story or to create something happens maybe in the womb.
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When you are a pit bull, and you love what you do and you are going to continue to grow, that talent will find its way out.
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To know what you want, to understand why you're doing it, to dedicate every breath in your body to achieve... If you feel you have something to give, if you feel that your particular talent is worth developing, is worth caring for then there's nothing you can`t achieve.
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Never underestimate your talents, and try not to compare or wish for the talents of others. Focus on and accept the talents you have, and you will find great fulfillment in life.
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Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led Franklin to discover electricity.
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Nobody actually ever does this—escaping through a window.
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Why should I be angry with a man for loving himself better than me?
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Why tell me that a man is a fine speaker, if it is not the truth that he is speaking?
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I've always been a huge reggae fan.
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It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.
