- 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
- Necessity
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Bay Area definitely knows the pain of competing for, and retaining, top talent. Offering interesting perks has become a necessity, not a nice-to-have.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always tell people that I am most proud of the fact that the Ushahidi story has provided an inspiration to other techies in Kenya and Africa as an example of the kind of talent the continent holds.
- Africa
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that we have been able to demonstrate that we cannot just consume software, that we can create software that can be used all over the world, that we have that kind of talent in Africa.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the U.K., I came from a talent show. I was watched by millions of people, so instantly when I came out from the show, people knew who I was.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never tried to use anything besides my own sweat and blood and talent to get somewhere.
- Genius
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- Nov 07, 2020
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.
- Business
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- Nov 07, 2020
The TV business is soul crushing, talent destroying and human being destroying.
- Persistence
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- Nov 07, 2020
The big talent is persistence.
- Beat
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- Nov 07, 2020
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
A young comic, if he's any good, can easily get on 'Carson' or 'Griffin' or 'Dinah Shore,' because they want to say the same thing, that they discovered the new talent.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is so much incredible talent in Hollywood, and it's crazy to me that we see the same people over and over again in projects.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am excited to be a part of Netflix's 'Maska.' We have a stupendous powerhouse of talent.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020