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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
"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."
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"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself."
John Jay Chapman
"Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself."
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"You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition."
Joel McHale
"You have to have talent. You have to get the audition and then you have to nail the audition."
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"I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent."
Lucille Ball
"I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent."
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"I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin."
Bess Truman
"I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin."
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"I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent."
Imogen Cunningham
"I don't think there's any such thing as teaching people photography, other than influencing them a little. People have to be their own learners. They have to have a certain talent."
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"There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent."
J. B. Priestley
"There are plenty of clever young writers. But there is too much genius, not enough talent."
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"The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck."
Hector Berlioz
"The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck."
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"Talent is only the starting point."
Irving Berlin
"Talent is only the starting point."
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"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."
Dirk Benedict
"I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people."
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"You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision."
Veronica Lake
"You could put all the talent I had into your left eye and still not suffer from impaired vision."
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"I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything."
Isabelle Huppert
"I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything."
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"I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage."
Jermaine Dupri
"I'd go dance at talent shows, and because I was young I had the upper hand on a lot of other crews. People thought it was cute. I used that to my advantage."
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"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."
Vladimir Nabokov
"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."
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"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."
Milton Glaser
"The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows."
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"Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families."
George Henry Lewes
"Murder, like talent, seems occasionally to run in families."
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"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire."
Bern Williams
"Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire."
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"Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating."
Mason Cooley
"Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating."
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"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
Eric Hoffer
"We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents."
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"My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title."
Layne Staley
"My bad habits aren't my title. My strengths and my talent are my title."
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"There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them."
John Lasseter
"There is such amazing talent at Disney. My job is 100% creative, and I am very excited to creatively lead them."
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"Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better."
Carl Jung
"Sometimes, indeed, there is such a discrepancy between the genius and his human qualities that one has to ask oneself whether a little less talent might not have been better."
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"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."
Georg C. Lichtenberg
"There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself."
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"However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once."
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once."
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"Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen."
Ron Livingston
"Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen."
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"Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent."
Kevyn Aucoin
"Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent."
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"I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts."
Peabo Bryson
"I adore being with Roberta. I adore being in her spiritual light. I adore being close to her talent and gifts."
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"I simply did not want my face to be my talent."
Gene Tierney
"I simply did not want my face to be my talent."
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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."
Michael Caine
"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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"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
Joan Crawford
"I think that the most important thing a woman can have - next to talent, of course - is her hairdresser."
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"The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis."
Franklin P. Jones
"The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis."
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"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."
William Gilmore Simms
"Tact is one of the first mental virtues, the absence of it is fatal to the best talent."
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"I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball."
Tim Hardaway
"I think I have the skills. I'm a great judge of talent. I just know basketball."
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"The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as "Soho" poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent."
Quentin Crisp
"The poverty from which I have suffered could be diagnosed as "Soho" poverty. It comes from having the airs and graces of a genius and no talent."
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"Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun."
Mary Pierce
"Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun."
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"When you find out the field you were gifted, what you were created for, you will get guaranteed success."
Sunday Adelaja
"When you find out the field you were gifted, what you were created for, you will get guaranteed success."
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"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
Brenda Blethyn
"Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre."
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"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."
Itzhak Perlman
"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."
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"It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world."
Tina Weymouth
"It's just such a pleasure to bring a talent you respect to the world."
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"There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy."
John W. Thompson
"There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy."
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"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?"
Jane Austen
"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?"
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"You look like a talent scout for a cemetery."
Henny Youngman
"You look like a talent scout for a cemetery."
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"Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright."
Jose Marti
"Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright."
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"Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best."
Carla Bley
"Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best."
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"I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way."
Alan Hovhaness
"I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way."
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"Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent."
Antoine Rivarol
"Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent."
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"I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain."
Shania Twain
"I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain."
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"I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing."
Ernie Harwell
"I praise the Lord here today. I know that all my talent and all my ability comes from him, and without him I'm nothing and I thank him for his great blessing."
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"As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
"As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing."
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"To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune but to write and read comes by nature."
William Shakespeare
"To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune but to write and read comes by nature."
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