Talent Quotes - Page 35

• The proud make every man their adversary by pitting their intellects, opinions, works, wealth, talents, or any other worldly measuring device against others.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Men, Proud, Opinion

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• I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a very good sense of colour, a love of visual beauty.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Art, Textiles, Lovers

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• I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have.

  Jacqueline Bisset

  Play, Acting, Possibility

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• What I do not accept is the fact that so many people's talents were ripped off.

  Ruben Blades

  People, Facts, Accepting

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• If you have a great love of singing, supported by others' fondness for your voice, then it is worth making every effort, of making every sacrifice, to achieve your goal. A great voice will easily find teachers who are willing to help a struggling young talent, and the ways of the Lord are infinite.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Teacher, Struggle, Sacrifice

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• Let the path be open to talent.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  Path

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• Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.

  Edward de Bono

  Happiness, Positive Attitude, Differences

  In Observer 12 June 1977

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• No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American - first generation or fifth - one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents - that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.

  Cory Booker

  Jobs, Hard Work, Color

  "Cory Booker Speech Text: Read The Democratic Convention Remarks". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 04, 2012.

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• Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Writing, Hands, Genius

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• I believe that I often bring out the best in somebody's talents.

  David Bowie

  Believe, I Believe

  "Rock's Heathen Speaks". Livewire Magazine Interview, www.bowiewonderworld.com. June 16, 2002.

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• If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.

  Garth Brooks

  Mom, Records, Ifs

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• Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.

  Mel Brooks

  Writing, Character, Names

  "Why Mel Brooks can save the human race" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. November 2, 2006.

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• I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could.

  James Brown

  Years, Saws, Indiana

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• In an individual sport, yes, you have to win titles. Baseball's different. But basketball, hockey? One person can control the tempo of a game, can completely alter the momentum of a series. There's a lot of great individual talent.

  Kobe Bryant

  Basketball, Sports, Baseball

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• When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.

  Edmund Burke

  People, Leader, Auctions

  Edmund Burke (1790). “Reflections on the Revolution in France: And on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris”, p.353

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• The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness.

  Susan Cain

  Energy, Waste, Bias

  "'Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking,' by Susan Cain". Interview with Jeff Glor, www.cbsnews.com. January 26, 2012.

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• I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point.

  Michael Caine

  Motivational, Actors

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• The standing ovation threw me. ... To be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something.

  Michael Caine

  Ovation, Towns, Standing Alone

  "Blame Phil Collins: 'South Park' loses song Oscar to 'Tarzan'" by Porter Anderson, www.cnn.com. March 26, 2000.

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• What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.

  Italo Calvino

  Inspiration, Finding The One, Genius

  Italo Calvino (2017). “The Uses of Literature”, p.21, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• If I have a talent, it's already been exploited! I've shown everything I can do to the public.

  Nick Cannon

  Can Do, Ifs, I Can

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• People in Scotland appreciate homegrown talent, but it's getting harder and harder to get films made in Britain.

  Robert Carlyle

  Scotland, People, Appreciate

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

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• The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.

  Thomas Carlyle

  Heart, Cutting, Color

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• Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.

  John Jay Chapman

  Life, Teacher, Teaching

  John Jay Chapman (1957). “Selected Writings”

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• I want to make it clear that the black race did not come to the United States culturally empty-handed. The role and importance of ethnic history is in how well it teaches a people to use their own talents, take pride in their own history and love their own memories.

  John Henrik Clarke

  Memories, Pride, Race

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• I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.

  Bryan Clay

  Blessed, Impact, People

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