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"Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you."
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"You need to find your gift, something you are doing better than others."
"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."
"That boy is talented. You don't develop those gifts in houses or in schools."
"We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."
"They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them."
"Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge."
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"Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book."
"They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much."
"Authors are sometimes like tomcats: They distrust all the other toms but they are kind to kittens."
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