Talent Quotes
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My mom brought me up to believe that my talent is a gift and a blessing.
Christina Aguilera
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In many countries, IT is a pillar of growth and attracts a lot more competitive talent.
Renee James
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Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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I want to continue to grow. To me, the biggest sin of all sins, is to be given a gift, a talent, because it's actually a gift from God, to take that and not cultivate it and make it grow, that's the biggest sin in the world.
Michael Jackson
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At heart, I'm really interested in this marriage of theater, film and television and I think what happened in the UK and obviously is happening here is that there's a convergence of talent kind of moving between the different disciplines and I find that very exciting.
Colin Callender
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Persistence overshadows even talent as the most valuable resource shaping the quality of life.
Anthony Robbins
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I can't give you 150 takes. I can't even give you 30 different ways of doing it! I don't have the talent or the range for it.
George Clooney
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George Bradt
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Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.
Carroll O'Connor
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Talent means energy and persistence and nothing more!
Heinrich Schliemann
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I loved being on the other side of the camera. I loved watching another actress in the spotlight, do an extraordinary job, and I loved making her beautiful and interesting, protecting her emotions, and showing people her talent.
Angelina Jolie
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Our relationship with nature has changed radically, irreversibly, but by no means all for the bad. Our new epoch is laced with invention. Our mistakes are legion, but our talent is immeasurable.
Diane Ackerman
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Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited; genius, being the action of reason or imagination, rarely or never.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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It is an odd fact of evolution that we are the only species on Earth capable of creating science and philosophy. There easily could have been another species with some scientific talent, say that of the average human ten-year-old, but not as much as adult humans have; or one that is better than us at physics but worse at biology; or one that is better than us at everything. If there were such creatures all around us, I think we would be more willing to concede that human scientific intelligence might be limited in certain respects.
Colin McGinn
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I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing and guiding my artistic talents at a young age, I don't think I'd be a professional actress and performer today.
Edwina Findley
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Vocation is different from talent. One can have vocation and not have talent; one can be called and not know how to go.
Benjamin Moser
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The fame of surgeons resembles the fame of actors, who live only during their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.
Honore de Balzac
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I like being tested. I get as scared as anyone. But the feeling of putting yourself on the line, betting on your talent and having it work; that's the most exhilarating feeling in the world.
Conan O'Brien
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When one has no particular talent for anything, one takes to the pen.
Honore de Balzac
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I've always felt I had the talent. I've done a lot in my life. I've written, been in bands, done live TV for a network in Perth. I'm well-trained when it comes to being on a set, which gives you freedom.
Paul Eenhoorn
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It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another.
Jonathan Swift
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The talent of a meat packer, the morals of a money changer, and the manners of an undertaker.
William Allen White
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There is so much talent in Australia.
Cate Blanchett
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I think feminism means what it has always meant - women want to use all their gifts, all their talents and be judged impartially for them. I don't think feminism has ever meant anything else.
Erica Jong