"But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions."

Talent, Genius

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"But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions."

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"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

Talent, Direction, Lies

"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."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Talent, Modernity, Media, Competition

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

Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist

Talent, Literature, School

"He has tongue of a writer."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Talent, Expression, Truth, Wisdom, Power

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Talent, Writer

"Certain abilities in you sometimes yearn to be expressed."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Talent, Expression, Desire, Growth

"Ability and talent never loose the value, because demand for it highly exceeds the supply of it."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Talent, Ability, Values, Skill

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

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

Talent, Development, Environment, Gift

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

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

Talent, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Regret

"Your wealth is in your talent and that is why you will be poor until you find yourself."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Talent, Wealth, Self-discovery, Purpose

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"In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries."

Emotional

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

Life

"No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job."

Life

"My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search."

People

"I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles."

Humility

"Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority."

War

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"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

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

"He has tongue of a writer."

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

"Certain abilities in you sometimes yearn to be expressed."

"Ability and talent never loose the value, because demand for it highly exceeds the supply of it."

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

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

"Your wealth is in your talent and that is why you will be poor until you find yourself."

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"In a novel, my feelings and sense of outrage can find a broader means of expression which would be more symbolic and applicable to many European countries."

"We all want to be someone else but without ceasing to be ourselves. I think it's very important to defend this idea in real life too."

"No, I'm happy to go on living the life I've chosen. I'm a university teacher and I like my job."

"My books are about losers, about people who've lost their way and are engaged in a search."

"I don't go for people who lead full and satisfying lives."

"Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas."

"I claim the right to take a stand once in a while."

"I've always been drawn to tormented people full of contradictions."

"I don't want to promote my own image either. I don't like going on television or mixing in literary circles."

"Fifty years after half a million gypsies were exterminated in the Second World War - thousands of them in Auschwitz - we're again preparing the mass killing of this minority."