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"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."

"There is a difference between talented people and gifted people.Talented people are good AT something, Gifted people ARE that something."

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

"Moderate giftedness has been made worthless by the printing press and radio and television and satellites and all that. A moderately gifted person who would have been a community treasure a thousand years ago has to give up, has to go into some other line of work, since modern communications put him or her into daily competition with nothing but the world's champions."

"With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy."

"If you have the ability to see the things behind the scenes, then you have the greatest talent one can ever have because there is almost always something else behind the things!"
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"The morning after my high-school graduation found me up early job hunting. The dream of college I put on the back burner."

"I went from elementary school to proper training, operatic training, and I went on to the Motown University and learned a lot of things from some wonderful people."

"I don't worry about being in a hurry any more, because my faith in God will always deliver me on time."

"There are times in show business when you work so much you think you will pop your cork, and then suddenly you can't find any work."

"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."

"Lead singers not only do the majority of the work, but their personalities are singled out and taken as the general attitude of the unit."

"If you stick around long enough, people start referring to you as a survivor. Suddenly I found myself on the receiving end of several prestigious awards."
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