Benjamin Carson Quotes
Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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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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But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.
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Age is just a number, and your talent will never fail you. It has no expiry date.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.
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Virat Kohli has so far shown that he has more ability and talent than anybody else, and if he can play till 32 or 34 with same fitness and without injuries, he will come to a point where not even Vivian Richards neither Sachin Tendulkar had such a record.
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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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The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
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I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
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I had my guitar and some talent so that I could make friends with intelligent people and could talk my way out of difficult situations.
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I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
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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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I just want everybody to know my music and get to know my squad, Remy Boyz; just to show people New Jersey. New Jersey got talent, too. I mean, everybody sleeps on us, and they put us as the underdog.
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I've always thought that parallel parking was my main talent.
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I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.
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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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When I was 14, I entered British Vogue's annual talent contest and got a special mention. I went up to London to meet the editors and wrote about it in my high school magazine.
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I would say 'The Master' was one of the most inspiring things I've ever got to work on.
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Psychology ought certainly to give the teacher radical help.
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It is man's social nature which distinguishes him from the brute creation. If it is his privilege to be independent, it is equally his duty to be inter-dependent. Only an arrogant man will claim to be independent of everybody else and be self-contained.
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Soap operas are like boot camps for film actors, so I really learned a lot. It was a masterclass in working for camera. I made myself watch myself every day. I would sort of try and be objective about it and critique myself a little. There's a lot more skill set than people realize in soap operas. They shoot, like, 35 scenes a day.
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The accidents of my life have given me the ability to make stories in which different parts of the world are brought together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes in conflict, and sometimes both - usually both. The difficulty in these stories is that if you write about everywhere you can end up writing about nowhere.
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Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
