Talent Quotes - Page 39

• The problem with Ireland is that it's a country full of genius, but with absolutely no talent.

  Hugh Leonard

  Sarcastic, Country, Ireland And The Irish

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• I do not think that marriage is one of my talents. I've been much happier unmarried than married.

  Doris Lessing

  Thinking, Married, Unmarried

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• I was, if you like, a successful schoolboy in that I had a degree of talent in all the required things that make you a success at school.

  Damian Lewis

  School, Successful, Degrees

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• Everyone is a genius at least once a year. The real geniuses simply have their bright ideas closer together.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Wisdom, Real, Years

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• Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Stupidity, Wicked, Demand

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 87, 1799.

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• I hope that we can continue this cooperation on other critical issues related to America's future technological competitiveness. We must work together to encourage the creative talents that have made our country the world leader in technology.

  Dan Lipinski

  Country, Technology, America

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• The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.

  Harvey Mackay

  Ideas, Suggestions, May

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• I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.

  Gustav Mahler

  Brother, Men, Musician

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• In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

  Bruno Mars

  Awards, Records, Spotlight

  "Bruno Mars: The complete Q&A interview". Interview with George Varga, www.sandiegouniontribune.com. June 9, 2011.

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• What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.

  Bruno Mars

  Mirrors, Guy, Raw Talent

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• To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

  Jose Marti

  Simple, Dignity, Busy

  "Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos" edited by Carlos Ripoll, 1994.

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• What I mean is that none of my talents had a - what's that great word - rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer - there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I'm a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.

  Steve Martin

  Writing, Mean, Dancer

  "All about my father". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. November 10, 2007.

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• If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.

  John McEnroe

  Player, Games, Roger

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• The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Ears, Comeback, Poet

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• Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through.

  Sam Mendes

  Skills, People, Actors

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• It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.

  Freddie Mercury

  Careers, Hype, Soul

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• I've been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don't need the public's money.

  George Michael

  Years, Needs, Wells

  "Faith in the good life" by Akin Ojumu, www.theguardian.com. March 13, 2004.

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• In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork.

  Wilson Mizner

  Clever, Battle, Existence

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• To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.

  Colin Mochrie

  Hard Work, Discipline, Dramatic

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

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• I have always had a talent for irritating women since I was fourteen.

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Irritating, Fourteen

  Marilyn Monroe (2006). “My Story”, p.128, Taylor Trade Publishing

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• Someone said to me, 'If fifty percent of the experts in Hollywood said you had no talent and should give up, what would you do?' My answer was then and still is, 'If a hundred percent told me that, all one hundred percent would be wrong.'

  Marilyn Monroe

  Inspiring, Giving Up, Ambition

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• Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

  Baron de Montesquieu

  Philosophical, Given

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• All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Writing, Fiction

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• I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.

  Jeanne Moreau

  Congratulations, Believe, Thinking

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

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• A lot of people over time have had this kind of pattern in their relationship with Bill Clinton. You first meet him and you're overwhelmed by his talent. He's so energetic and articulate and full of ideas and he calls himself a congenital optimist and that optimism is contagious.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Ideas, Optimism, People

  Interview with Barak Goodman and Chris Durrance, www.pbs.org. February 20, 2012.

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