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Talent Quotes
"I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts."
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"Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties."
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"Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether."
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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."
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"Assuming that his talent can survive the increasing strain, there is one scarcely avoidable danger that lies ahead of the pupil on his road to mastery."
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"Talent is a spring from which fresh water is constantly flowing. But this spring loses its value if it is not used in the right way."
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"It's one thing to have talent. It's another to figure out how to use it."
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"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"
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"We don't choose our talents, but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
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"Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience."
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"However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once."
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"You're a Genius all the time."
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"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered at the White House - with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
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"One of the things I've always liked about my husband is he's very good at lots of stuff. He was an English teacher when I met him. He wrote poetry and played the guitar. As time went on, he decided to go into economics, so he's very analytical and mathematical in addition to his artsy side."
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"But an inferior talent can only be graceful when it's carrying inferior ideas. And the more narrowly you can look at a thing the more entertaining you can be about it."
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"If you press grapes, wine will pour out; if you crush roses, perfume will pour out; if you afflict the talented, genius will pour out."
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"Talent silences your competition, genius deafens them."
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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."
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"It's hard for Americans to differentiate between talent and notoriety, TV confuses people."
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"It is not something we often find out, but most of the specially-gifted have a deep desire to be ordinary."
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"Worried about being a dull fellow? You might develop your talent for being irritating."
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"Stir the world with your skills, shake the world with your talents, move the world with your brilliance, change the world with your genius."
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"Everyone is beautiful and talented in their own special way. Some people can sing, dance, play instruments, teach, and more. You may not be in the hall of fame, but you possess the ability to inspire others. Recognize your talents and continue to be creative. Share your beautiful gifts with the world."
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"Talent is the presence of ability and absence of understanding about the source and operation of knowledge."
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"Talent is an art of gaining admiration!"
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"Brutes find out where their talents lie a bear will not attempt to fly."
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"We're all geniuses. Life is merely overpopulated with singers who play drums, and, drummers who sing, to pay rent."
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"I was getting an A for work. But not for talent. The story of my life."
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"No tricks, no tools, but talent makes a task truly top class."
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"Perfectionism, of course, was something which even as a young man he had come to see as the innermost essence of talent."
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"Don't be bothered with what you think other people expect of you when it comes to your raw talent."
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"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."
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