Talent Quotes - Page 15

• The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

  John James Audubon

  Trying, Fruit, Recommendations

  John James Audubon (1873). “The Life of John James Audubon, the Naturalist”, p.145

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• Working as a teaboy may have helped my confidence, but not everyone else was so pleased. I could never remember who had milk or how many sugars, and I had an unusual talent for spilling tea on the recording console.

  Rick Astley

  Tea, May, Sugar

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like to work with really good professional people - anyone with real talent.

  Lauren Bacall

  Real, People, Real Talent

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• The talent God gave me is beautiful and wonderful, but it is difficult because you are always facing other people keen to judge you. There are few people with such talent, so there are few able to judge what I am doing.

  Mario Balotelli

  Beautiful, People, Judging

  "Balotelli: I'm a misunderstood genius". Interview, www.espnfc.com.

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• India has lot of talent. What I am happy with is that the talent keeps on coming. Certainly it could be nice, though I am not terribly keen on seeing my successor yet.

  Viswanathan Anand

  Nice, India, Successors

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• Mumbai Indians will strive to build on our proud legacy of giving youngsters a platform to showcase their talent and realise their true potential.

  Nita Ambani

  Giving, Legacy, Mumbai

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• I look for something unique, and I look for people who haven't reached their potential. I think I'm pretty good at developing talent.

  Roger Ailes

  Unique, Thinking, People

  "Roger Ailes on Roger Ailes: The Interview Transcripts, Part 1" by Tom Junod, www.esquire.com. January 25, 2011.

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• If you're a human being, you can attempt to do what other human beings have done. We don't understand talent any more than we understand electricity.

  Maya Angelou

  Done, Electricity, Humans

  Arizona Republic interview, www.azcentral.com. 2011.

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• When you're a young talent, and you want to launch your brand, you always have tons of questions: Where should I produce? Should I launch a second line? Should I do shoes, accessories? If you have someone who can coach you and give you advice and help you find the right supplier, it's a big help.

  Delphine Arnault

  Shoes, Giving, Advice

  "Delphine Arnault Rising". Interview with Miles Socha, wwd.com. April 14, 2014.

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• At LVMH, we have amazing heritage brands, and we put interesting talents in those brands, sometimes very young, like we did at Givenchy with Riccardo Tisci at the time, or like we just did with J.W. Anderson at Loewe, but also talents that are already further along in their careers, like Raf Simons at Christian Dior or Nicolas at Vuitton.

  Delphine Arnault

  Christian, Careers, Interesting

  "Delphine Arnault Rising". Interview with Miles Socha, wwd.com. April 14, 2014.

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• It's always been difficult to make a good record. To be perfectly honest with you, it's really about the person that's pushing the buttons. No matter what type of equipment you have, you still have to have a certain talent to be able to make a good record.

  Dr. Dre

  Buttons, Records, Matter

  "Exclusive: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine Talk Beats Music". Interview with Isaac Guzmán, entertainment.time.com. January 17, 2014.

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• Exceptional talent and extraordinary creativity are irrelevant! It's what you do with what little you have that counts big time in the end.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Creativity, Littles, Ends

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• People are interested by talent. God is impressed by character

  Rick Warren

  Character, People, Impressed

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• In a world where every man and his dog is a designer, Alexander McQueen was the real deal. His talent was supersonic.

  Philip Treacy

  Dog, Real, Men

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• Today designer Alexander McQueen passed away...His talent was immense and he will remain immortal in the history of Fashion.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Fashion, Today, Passed Away

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• We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss.

  Anna Wintour

  Fashion, Loss, Museums

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• Alexander McQueen's heartbreakingly premature death, at the height of his creativity and influence, has robbed the fashion world of a soaring and unique talent.

  Hamish Bowles

  Fashion, Creativity, Unique

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• There is nothing more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

  Joe Strummer

  Perseverance, Determination, Persistence

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• Talent is a long patience.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Long, Long Patience

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• No man lives or has ever lived who has brought the same amount of study and of natural talent to the detection of crime which I have done.

  Arthur Conan Doyle

  Men, Natural Talent, Done

  Arthur Conan Doyle (2016). “A Study in Scarlet”, p.32, Arthur Conan Doyle

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• I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.

  Mary J. Blige

  People, Labels, Music Business

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• We'll go back and listen to some 70's music. Just everything. I guess the main thing is that we listen to creative guys, male or female either one. Just people that have got great talent and we're able to say, 'man, that is unbelievable.

  Eddie Montgomery

  Men, People, Creative

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• My father has a beautiful, beautiful voice. His father was a pastor of a church. He sang in church. My mother sang in a church choir. I can take no credit for my vocal talent, because, both my father, and mother have beautiful, beautiful voices.

  Deniece Williams

  Beautiful, Mother, Father

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• God gave me the talent and I endeavor to give it back to Him with each new idea.

  Dino Kartsonakis

  Ideas, Giving, Endeavor

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• I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.

  Jimmy Wayne

  Teacher, Kids, Thinking

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