J. B. Priestley Quotes
There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
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Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.
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Too much work, too much vacation, too much of any one thing is unsound.
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If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
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I do not read SF as much as I used to. It's too much like a busman's holiday.
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From Japan to Thailand, I keep discovering amazing talent, cuisine and food markets.
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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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Money often costs too much.
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I grew up on the rough side of the tracks. If you looked like you were soft, you would be fodder for the wolves. I came up in my neighbourhood like, 'I'm just gonna be me,' and all the thugs just said, 'It's OK, he's special.' They knew I had the talent with the rhymes, so they kept me around.
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There is so much great talent in the underground, and electronic music is finally getting the props that it's deserved for so long. I feel like now that everyone is discovering it and it's so fresh sounding to so many people. It doesn't get any more rock n' roll than playing EDC or the Staples Center. It's really madness.
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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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Taste is the common sense of genius.
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I got tired of books where the boy is a bit thick and the girl's very clever. Why does it have to such an opposition? Why can't they be like the girls and boys that I know personally, who are equally funny and equally cross? Who get things equally wrong and are equally brave? And make the same mistakes?
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I always like teaser trailers because they don't give too much away, you know? They give just a flavor of what the thing is.
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My weakness is wearing too much leopard print.
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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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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 wrote to make sense out of all the contradictions I experienced and to deal with the pain and loss I was undergoing.
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Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.
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Just as the introduction of the irrational numbers ... is a convenient myth [which] simplifies the laws of arithmetic ... so physical objects are postulated entities which round out and simplify our account of the flux of existence... The conceptional scheme of physical objects is [likewise] a convenient myth, simpler than the literal truth and yet containing that literal truth as a scattered part.
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I want to throw down your kid and stomp on his testicles, and then you will know what it is like to experience waking up everyday as me. And only then will you feel my pain.
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There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent.
