Talent Quotes - Page 36

• I can never do better than 'Fawlty Towers,' whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game.

  John Cleese

  Games, Towers, Want

  "John Cleese — minister of comedic talk". www.today.com. June 12, 2006.

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• Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one?

  John Cleese

  Travel, Giving Up, Watches

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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

  Giving, Way, Different

  "Bedside manner". Interview with Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2002.

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• Put your blog out into the world and hope that your talent will speak for itself.

  Diablo Cody

  World, Blogging, Speak

  "Diablo Cody's tips for blogging your way to Hollywood success" by John Scott Lewinski, www.wired.com. November 16, 2007.

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• I'm a huge Freddie Mercury fan. I think he was the end-all. I love his lack of inhibition, his talent, the chances he took. He made mistakes on his records, and he didn't care.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Mistake, Thinking, Records

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• A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.

  Cyril Connolly

  Hands, Lazy, Laziness

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• Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

  Cyril Connolly

  Sarcastic, Sarcasm, Intelligence

  Enemies of Promise ch. 13 (1938)

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• Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating.

  Mason Cooley

  Literature, Dull, Might

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• I have more of a vivid imagination than I have talent. I cook up ideas. It's just a characteristic.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Vivid Imagination, Ideas, Characteristics

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• I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  School, Kids, Kind

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• The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Unique, Made, Ready

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• When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Fall, Tears, Sixteen

  "Francis Ford Coppola: What I've Learned" by Stephen Garrett, www.esquire.com. July 7, 2009.

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• When it comes to developing character strength, inner security and unique personal and interpersonal talents and skills in a child, no institution can or ever will compare with, or effectively substitute for, the home's potential for positive influence.

  Stephen Covey

  Strength, Children, Home

  "Our Children and the Crisis in Education" by Stephen R. Covey, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 20, 2010.

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• Britain's got talent, enormous talent, that's very obvious.

  Simon Cowell

  Britain, Enormous, Obvious

  "Simon Cowell's Sun sermon decoded" by John Plunkett, www.theguardian.com. May 5, 2010.

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• I have seen that the American Dream is a reality - and I would love to feel the British Dream is also a reality. To enable that, we have to bring back some common sense and encourage family values, a proper sense of justice and make people believe they have a decent chance to build a business or career for themselves. I see this moment as a fantastic opportunity to restore this, because I believe Britain Has Talent.

  Simon Cowell

  Dream, Believe, Opportunity

  "Cowell speaks out on British election". www.express.co.uk. May 5, 2010.

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• What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

  Simon Cowell

  People, Records, Arguing

  "Simon Cowell v the NME: 'I don't take music too seriously'" by Jason Deans, www.theguardian.com. December 15, 2009.

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• Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.

  Bryan Cranston

  Perseverance, Art, Successful

  "Bryan Cranston: 'I had to take my character from Mr Chips to Scarface'". Interview with Andrew Anthony, www.theguardian.com. October 27, 2012.

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• The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as 'Soho' poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent.

  Quentin Crisp

  Air, Grace, Genius

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• In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.

  Salvador Dali

  Love, Respect, Artist

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• So what exactly are the rewards of resentment. It is always a relief to know that the reason we have failed in life is not because we lack the talent, energy, or determination to succeed, but because of a factor that is beyond our control and that has loaded the dice decisively against us.

  Theodore Dalrymple

  Determination, Succeed, Dice

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• I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new talent and talk about music, which is a passion of mine. I've written another book. And I get to come to work and do the TV show, which is always really fun.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Fun, Book, Passion

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Nice Girls Finish First". Interview with David Hochman, www.goodhousekeeping.com. September 10, 2011.

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• I am flattered that they think that many people would enjoy my work. I don't approach any genre a different way than I may approach another one. I treat every role I do like a role worthy of applying whatever kind of tactic, process and talent I have.

  Vin Diesel

  Thinking, People, May

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• God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.

  Annie Dillard

  Draws

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• Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more.

  Kirk Douglas

  Luck, Fame

  "We Are Spartacus" by Kirk Douglas, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 12, 2012.

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• I think children have talent and insight, but it gets beaten out of them.

  Rita Dove

  Children, Thinking, Insight

  Interview with Jesse Kornbluth for "The Book Report", www.math.buffalo.edu. April 8, 1997.

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