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"There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail."

"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."

"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."

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

"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
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"There is a vast difference between games and play. Play is played for fun, but games are deadly serious and you do not play them to enjoy yourself."

"In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can."
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