Talent Quotes - Page 21

• Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

  Judy Blume

  Determination, Giving Up, Important

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• Aptitude can show calling, but it isn't the only indicator. Ineptitude or dysfunction may reveal calling more than talent, curiously enough.

  James Hillman

  Dysfunction, Calling, May

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• Billy Beane was a guy who had been devalued by the sport as a player and now is working as a GM for a small-market team.There is such a gulf in what these teams have to spend on talent [that] they can never play equally - they can never have a true competition.

  Brad Pitt

  Sports, Team, Player

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• Though 'Moneyball' had the talents of screenwriters Steven Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin going for it, they weren't baseball insiders.

  Brad Pitt

  Baseball, Going For It, Screenwriters

  Source: www.wbur.org

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• For me, success is when I'm making a contribution and fully engaging all of my talents. In terms of the key quality, it's being willing to continue to believe in yourself even when other people don't, and being able to fail and to come back.

  Melissa Harris-Perry

  Believe, Keys, People

  Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com

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• There are still many great surviving talents: Stevie Winwood. Another great talent is Stevie Wonder. Another one is Eric Clapton. Another one is Phil Collins. Eminem, Kanye West I like all those people.

  Ahmet Ertegun

  People, Eric, West

  Source: www.slate.com

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• I am working on a list for collaborations and it's just another way to share your artistic talent with other artist.

  Heather Headley

  Artist, Collaboration, Way

  Source: www.ebony.com

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• Citizens should be looked to for what they can give of their own nobility, virtue, creative thinking, passion, and natural talent for community building and relating to others.

  Marianne Williamson

  Passion, Thinking, Natural Talent

  Source: scottlondon.com

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• Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to stage his breakthrough. So many of the expats who were there at that time were there to do precisely that. It was an ambition-fueled town.

  Lesley M. M. Blume

  Baby, Ambition, Paris

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Hemingway's talent was so outsized, that I feel like I can forgive him a lot of his trespasses to have achieved what he did achieve.

  Lesley M. M. Blume

  Forgiving, Achieve, Feels

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Michael Gove is an incredibly talent guy and a Brexiteer. But he has been telling all of us for the last five years that he doesn't want to [be the Prime Minister] and he doesn't think he's got it in him to do it so his conversion on the road to Damascus has come pretty late.

  Andrew Mitchell

  Thinking, Years, Guy

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• In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Mom, America, Giving

  Source: frankviola.org

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• I believe every child is born with a gift from God - big or small - and that we should all make the most of our talents.

  Gretchen Carlson

  Children, Believe, Born

  Source: frankviola.org

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• What drives me? Surrounding myself with amazing talent to craft a breakthrough product which can be used by millions of people to change the world.

  Mike McCue

  People, World, Crafts

  "What Drives You? 10 Top Tech Mavericks tell us what drives them and why". www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• It was only when I got to high school and was in the art program that my artistic talent was recognized. The art program was directed by a wonderful and a very important person in my life - Charlotte Ranger, who was referred to as Mrs. Ranger. She had been teaching in the school for many years.

  Paul Smith

  Art, Teaching, School

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• In southern Italy, where my grandparents had lived, there were few opportunities. The society was static, with rigid social classes. Poor people, like my grandparents, had little chance to improve their lives, no matter their talents or willingness to work.

  Samuel Alito

  Opportunity, Southern Italy, Class

  "An Interview With Justice Samuel Alito on Immigration, His Mentors and Advice for a Successful Life". Interview with Madaline Donnelly, dailysignal.com. November 9, 2014.

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• I have no real talents. If I could make a living at a normal job, I'm sure I would do that.

  Daniel Tosh

  Jobs, Real, Normal

  "Mr. Daniel Tosh coming to NAU". The Lumberjack Interview, www.jackcentral.org. September 11, 2008.

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  Create your own path, hone your talent, be ready to show your talent, and don't doubt yourself.

  Ice Cube

  Doubt, Path, Shows

  "The “Barbershop: The Next Cut” Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, www.theskanner.com. April 12, 2016.

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• I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.

  Condoleezza Rice

  Passion, Trying, Found

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• I just think of Fannie Lou Hamer, because even though she didn't know my name Ms. Hamer was thinking of me. I just want to do a good job, because I want her to look over that edge of heaven and say, "That's why I did it. That's why. I knew we had the capacity and the talent to be everything America says we can't be. All we needed was an open door."

  Leah D. Daughtry

  Jobs, Thinking, Names

  Source: www.elle.com

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• Maybe the idea of being a rockstar or being the one who's recording or playing, sort of doesn't really matter as much anymore, when you're surrounded by great musicians who bring their spirit, their own talent.

  Adrian Grenier

  Ideas, Musician, Matter

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I believe deeply that every one of us has an individual talent or trait that can be used to make a difference in some way.

  Jeff Orlowski

  Believe, Differences, Making A Difference

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• Figure out what you believe in and what you're willing to fight for, then figure out what your special talents are and apply them to it.

  Mark Deklin

  Believe, Fighting, Special

  "Mark Deklin: On Love, Parenthood, and Making a Difference". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 9, 2014.

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• My father values talent. He recognizes real knowledge and skill when he finds it. He is color blind and gender neutral. He hires the best person for the job, period.

  Ivanka Trump

  Mother, Jobs, Father

  "Business empress, now super-surrogate: Can Ivanka Trump be dad’s deal-closer?" by Jennifer G. Hickey, www.foxnews.com. August 01, 2016.

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• Think about how many great works of art or game-changing ideas were ahead of their time - their creator's talent underappreciated until many years later. That's how we need to treat our young people - because who knows where the next great idea will come from?

  Ashley Bryan

  Art, Thinking, Years

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