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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
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I saw him for what he was-or what I thought he was. And he was talented, no doubt about that. But, he thought his talent was based on misery and that if he became happy it would just go. He believed that.
- Think
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think nothing can be taken for granted - be it the fact that you get to work with a certain kind of talent, certain kinds of budgets, or that the audience looks forward to your work.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think polo players are at their best in their 30s. You've got the talent and the experience. You play with your head - you learn to lose and how to win.
- Emotions
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you start directing movies at the age of 24, you're just a kid; you don't necessarily even have the experiences to add to the story. You're working off of instinct and raw emotions and raw talent, and hopefully it's the same trajectory as growing as a person.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father always has been attractive because of his energy, warmth, charm, and talent for finding some connection with people from all cultures and walks of life. He rarely observed social formalities and niceties - something he has passed on to his boys.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think if you have ability and talent in one way, you have it in all ways. I'm not a jack of all trades; I'm a master of many. I don't feel there is anything I can't do if I want to.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
The social marketing teams of big companies will always figure out a way to advertise on Snapchat. I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'd like to create a space for people who have a lot of talent but not a lot of reach.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suspect there's a lot of validity to the premise that big companies aren't going to attract entrepreneurial talent.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
In my senior year of high school, I was doing a dance with a bunch of friends for the talent show, and my pants split entirely in half. It was incredible.
- Blessing
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- Nov 07, 2020