Talent Quotes - Page 37

• I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural to me. So I don't take it for granted... What I think is my natural ability - which is writing - I think I totally take that for granted.

  David Duchovny

  Writing, Hard Work, Thinking

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• We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best.

  Tony Dungy

  Team, Games, Important

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• Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.

  Havelock Ellis

  Men, Tragedy, Genius

  havelock ellis (1923). “the dance of life”

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• Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

  Brett Favre

  Certain, Handle

  "Sunday Conversation: Brett Favre". Interview With Suzy Kolber, www.espn.com. November 24, 2004.

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• Most political journalists come to Washington because they're snappy writers, big thinkers, or news breakers. Me? My ticket to the big leagues had little to do with talent. It was mostly about the governor I was covering, Bill Clinton.

  Ron Fournier

  League, Political, Covering

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• I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.

  Al Franken

  Art, Writing, People

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• I feel that my fans have cultivated my talent and they continue to nurture me.

  Lady Gaga

  Fans, Nurture, Feels

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• I'm not interested in making money. It's just that with my talent, I'm cursed with it.

  Noel Gallagher

  Making Money, Not Interested, Cursed

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• My talents fall within definite limitations. I am not as versatile an actress as some think.

  Greta Garbo

  Fall, Thinking, Actresses

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

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• I'm really happy that I got to work with such fresh talent. In a day when record companies are not particularly good at encouraging young, talented songwriters to come forward and get exposure, I think it's important to give tomorrow's songwriters the opportunity.

  Robin Gibb

  Opportunity, Thinking, Giving

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

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• When I look at my life and the lives of my female friends these days - with our dizzying number of opportunities and talents - I sometimes feel as though we are all mice in a giant experimental maze, scurrying around frantically, trying to find our way through.

  Elizabeth Gilbert

  Opportunity, Numbers, Trying

  "The Best Thing You Can Do For Yourself — And All The Women Around You" by Elizabeth Gilbert, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 11, 2015.

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• When I was doing ensemble theater and comedy work, I felt I had some talents. But when I started doing my shows in Berkeley and found that I could be funny on my own, I was shocked.

  Whoopi Goldberg

  Ensemble, Comedy, Theater

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

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• Cartooning is for people who can't quite draw and can't quite write. You combine the two half-talents and come up with a career.

  Matt Groening

  Writing, Careers, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• That's the goal. Just to go out and not try to prove anybody wrong but just let your talents speak for themselves.

  Robert Griffin III

  Goal, Trying, Speak

  "Robert Griffin III refuses to be defined by race" by Jim Corbett, www.usatoday.com. December 12, 2012.

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• I have the most ridiculous TV crush on Michael McIntyre. I fell in love watching him on 'Britain's Got Talent'.

  Geri Halliwell

  Crush, Tvs, Ridiculous

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• An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.

  Gary Hamel

  New Horizons, Advantage, Enterprise

  Gary Hamel (2012). “What Matters Now: How to Win in a World of Relentless Change, Ferocious Competition, and Unstoppable Innovation”, p.99, John Wiley & Sons

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• You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent.

  Renny Harlin

  Imagination, Individuality, Want

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• I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing.

  Ernie Harwell

  Blessing, Today, Praise

  Tom Keegan, Ernie Harwell (2002). “Ernie Harwell: My 60 Years in Baseball”, Triumph Books (IL)

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• Tony Stark in 'Iron Man' helped wider audiences finally embrace the enormous talent of Robert Downey Jr.

  Tom Hiddleston

  Men, Iron, Embrace

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• It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents.

  Eric Hoffer

  Children, Men, Literature

  Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• The truth of the matter is the real industry is in LA and the cream of the talent is there.

  Charlie Hunnam

  Real, Matter, Cream

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• Since ancient times, people from throughout Asia have brought to Japan their talents, knowledge and energy, helping to lay the basis for Japan's existence as a country.

  Daisaku Ikeda

  Country, Japan, People

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• After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty.

  Washington Irving

  Divinity, Charm, Has Beens

  Washington Irving, Pierre Munroe Irving “Irving's Works”

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• I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.

  Hale Irwin

  Positive Attitude, Opponents, Underestimate

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• I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

  Chris Isaak

  Desire, Calling, Good Enough

  "Musician Chris Isaak". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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