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Talent Quotes
"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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"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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"That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song."
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"I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman."
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"Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius."
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"I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it."
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"When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected."
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"I think people of lesser talent will become stars."
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"It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't."
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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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"The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart."
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"There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up."
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"You could name the great stars of the silent screen who were finished; the great directors gone; the great title writers who were washed up. But remember this, as long as you live: the producers didn't lose a man. They all made the switch. That's where the great talent is."
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"Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three hundred."
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"I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality."
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"The one great thing about a continuing collaboration is that they know you. And if you're really lucky, they really believe in you and think that your talent has some unending bounds to it."
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"I'll always be there because I'm a skilled professional actor. Whether or not I've any talent is beside the point."
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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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"Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary."
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"As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful."
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"I went to the High School for Performing Arts, and to Howard University on a talent scholarship."
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"I wish I had a talent for dropping things as well as taking on new ones. It gets to be quite a clutter after a while."
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"Talent is like a faucet, while it is open, one must write."
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"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."
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