- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Talent Quotes
On gifts, hard-won skill, and where talent gets spent.
These quotes treat talent as both a private gift and a public resource, one dancer describing ballet as a sacred calling, another noting how so much top talent flows into finance and law instead of helping marginalized children. See Best quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have high expectations of myself. I always have, always will. That will never waver. I always believe in my talent - always have.
- Boy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was all personality and no talent.
- Direction
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- Nov 07, 2020
I didn't have the kind of talent or personality that kept me dreaming about Hollywood. They don't hire little colored girls to do this or that. After I got that in my head, I took another direction.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My voice is a gift. My talent is a gift. The life process is a gift. The opportunity for the journey is a gift.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every act I see, their whole act is choreographed. I'm sick of seeing these dancers. The only reason they have them is they don't have enough talent to get people dancing themselves.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the things I noticed more in this draft than in any recent drafts was the importance of the character issue. Players who had baggage, like Justice, fell much farther than his talent dictated. But a lot of coaches didn't want to take the chance.
- Happen
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- Nov 07, 2020
Eric McCormack is directing talent waiting to happen.
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did a gig as a standup when I was eight years old. I went on holiday with my family to this holiday camp and they had a talent competition and I entered as a standup.
- Lot
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know I have a lot of talent.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know in 1982, the year we came in tied for 3rd, we probably had a better team - I mean as far as talent. When we came back the following year and won it, our pitching staff was a little more experienced and it was such a thrill.
- Entrepreneurial Spirit
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- Nov 07, 2020
Israel has incredible entrepreneurial spirit and a deep bench of technology talent.
- Focus Groups
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- Nov 07, 2020