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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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"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 actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent."
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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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"An idea can turn to dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it."
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"Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can."
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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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"In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent."
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"It's not enough to have talent, you also have to be Hungarian."
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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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"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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"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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"Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent."
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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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"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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"Never confuse the size of your paycheck with the size of your talent."
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"Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can."
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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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"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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"Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability."
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"I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting."
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"The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater."
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"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
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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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"I do not want to die... until I have faithfully made the most of my talent and cultivated the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."
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"I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either."
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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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"A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius."
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"Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making."
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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 standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something."
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