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Talent Quotes
"If you don't have talent or preparation for whatever you want to do, you will not be successful in anything."
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"If you're waiting until you feel talented enough to make it, you'll never make it."
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"Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can."
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"I think the diva is kind of a cliche. My definition of a diva is somebody whose talent does not match what they're trying to play, so all this temperament comes out."
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"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability."
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"Obviously you have to have talent in order to play so you can't overlook that, but we won't overlook the character issue when it comes to talent because if they have talent and they don't have character, it's going to be very difficult to coach that person."
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"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it."
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"An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."
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"In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent."
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"Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent."
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"Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see."
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"I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers."
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"Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle."
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"When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions."
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"It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian."
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"The first thing they were told was how to hone their talent. Then they were told how to market their talent, discipline their talent and type their talent. And then they were told they might as well forget about talent."
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"Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you."
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"Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can."
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"My main job was developing talent. I was a gardener providing water and other nourishment to our top 750 people. Of course, I had to pull out some weeds, too."
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"I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world."
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"Always let your talent and tenacity do the talking. Never your tantrums or sense of self righteousness or entitlement. For it is your talent and tenacity that will carve out, shape and seal your possibilities and destiny."
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"Any idiot can get laid when they're famous. That's easy. It's getting laid when you're not famous that takes some talent."
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"I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either."
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"The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater."
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"To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity."
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"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."
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"Can you imagine what it would be like if all the Aussie film talent was able to make Australian stories?"
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"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."
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"The talent for being happy is appreciating and liking what you have, instead of what you don't have."
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"Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem."
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"At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it."
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"It's the most extraordinary and saddest thing, the amount of talent out there not being seen."
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"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
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"A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius."
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