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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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"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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"Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can."
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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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"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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"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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"Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent."
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"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
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"In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent."
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"Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you."
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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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"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 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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"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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"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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"Ah, well, I have no talent for nonfiction, that's my problem."
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"The talent that I was blessed with was really for the theater."
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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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"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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"My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size... has ever surpassed my courage."
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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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"All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent."
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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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"A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius."
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"Ed Sullivan will be around as long as someone else has talent."
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"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius."
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"The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent."
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