Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• We must recognize our own behavioral errors. To be blunt, you are not likely to become a cognitive Zen master anytime soon. But a little enlightenment could keep you from making some common investing errors.

  

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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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• Acting is equal parts talent and perseverance.

  

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• Taste is the common sense of genius.

  

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• Affirmative action based on quotas is wrong - wrong because it is antithetical to the genius of the American idea: individual liberty.

  

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• Pun was just a natural-born genius with music, and he basically taught me so many tricks on how to make better music, even though I was the one that discovered him. He was so far advanced than me; he taught me a lot.

  

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• A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

  

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• I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

  

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• Sure, the home-field is an advantage - but so is having a lot of talent.

  

  Dan Marino
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• I think I rely on my talent more than my brain sometimes.

  

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• Talent deserves to be honored. Hands deserve to be slapped if you do something stupid as well, but don't take it too far.

  

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• I don't know if I'll ever make rap music, but I just like people who are like, 'I am going to just find the medium that's best for this idea and master it and do that.'

  

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• There is an incompatibility between being glamorous, young and a woman and using my brain. The official version is there is no discrimination, and talent dominates, but that is not the case.

  

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• You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.

  

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  • Work
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• There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.

  

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• I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.

  

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• Everyone is born a genius, but the process of living de-geniuses them.

  

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• It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.

  

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• It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

  

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• Charles Haddon Spurgeon said that the old covenant was a convenant of prosperity, and the new convenient is a covenant of adversity, whereby we're being weaned from the present world and made meek for the world to come.

  

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• You can increase conversion rates and return on investment (ROI) by several times by making PPC landing pages extremely relevant.

  

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• Gregg is a valuable and important member of our organization. This is a first step in recognizing his contributions and maintaining consistency among our coaches.

  

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• Talk not of genius baffled. Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Talent
  • Genius
  • Master