- 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
- Encompassing
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During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.
- Soul
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It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
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Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted.
- Loved
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I first wrote a biography of Thomas Carlyle, and it turned out I loved writing biographies and had a talent for it. I believed I had a contribution to make.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm always looking for new talent.
- Calm
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The British have a remarkable talent for keeping calm, even when there is no crisis.
- People
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Don't be afraid to see the gift and talent you have, because that thing could lead to a substantial career for you. Because we all do something as good or better than most people.
- Great Talent
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can be talented, but having great talent isn't enough. You have to work every day or someone will pass you up.
- Money
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We're all generous, but with different things, like time, money, talent - criticism.
- Faculty
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- Nov 07, 2020
Talent is a faculty that is highly developed, but genius commands all the faculties.
- Depends
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art depends on luck and talent.
- My Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Throughout my life, I've been that annoying kid on every stage at school, in every talent contest.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020