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

Christian Nestell Bovee, American Author

Talent, Genius

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

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

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Talent, Gift, Uniqueness, Passion, Skill

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

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

Talent, Truth, Happiness, Life, Inspirational

"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."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Talent, Desire

"What you are good at, you never do it free!"

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Talent, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Talent, Potential, Truth, Creativity

"Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Talent, Youth

"I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much."

Richelle Mead, American Author

Talent, Danger, Wealth, Ability

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Talent, Development, Environment, Gift

"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent..."

John Geddes, Canadian Author

Talent, Genius, Authority, Respect

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"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade."

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"Our first and last love is self-love."

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"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised."

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"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."

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"Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for."

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"The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul."

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"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."

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"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."

"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."

"What you are good at, you never do it free!"

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

"Youth itself is a talent, a perishable talent."

"I just rely on natural talent," said Adrian, strolling up to the start of the Dragon's Lair. "When you have such a wealth of it to draw from, the danger comes from having too much."

"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."

"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."

"...bow to genius, but to the authority of that genius - not the display of talent..."

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"The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it."

"We trifle when we assign limits to our desires, since nature hath set none."

"Many children, many cares; no children, no felicity."

"False friends are like our shadow, keeping close to us while we walk in the sunshine, but leaving us the instant we cross into the shade."

"Our first and last love is self-love."

"Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything great. Without it no man is to be feared, and with it none despised."

"We make way for the man who boldly pushes past us."

"Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for."

"The body of a sensualist is the coffin of a dead soul."

"No man is happy without a delusion of some kind. Delusions are as necessary to our happiness as realities."