Quotes with talent

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  • Anton Chekhov There is nothing new in art except talent.
    Anton Chekhov
    Russian playwright and short story writer
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  • Billy Joe Saunders There's such a big buzz around boxing at the moment. Everything's happening and there's so much building up with a lot of young talent coming through.
    Billy Joe Saunders
    English professional boxer (1989 - )
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  • Raymond Chandler They don't want you until you have made a name, and by the time you have made a name, you have developed some kind of talent they can't use. All they will do is spoil it, if you let them.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Charles De Montesquieu This is how I define talent; it is a gift that God has given us in secret, which we reveal without knowing it.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Willa Cather To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.
    Willa Cather
    American author (1873 - 1947)
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  • Felix E. Schelling True education makes for inequality; the inequality of individuality, the inequality of success, the glorious inequality of talent, of genius; for inequality, not mediocrity, individual superiority, not standardization, is the measure of the progress of the world.
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  • Henry van Dyke Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton Virtue, without talent, is a coat of mail without a sword; it may indeed defend the wearer, but will not enable him to protect his friend.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Eric Hoffer 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.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • John F. Kennedy We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Burgess Owens We're dealing with whether we're going to accept the idea of socialism and Marxism and atheism. Or go back to the American way, Judeo-Christian values, which meritocracy is part of it. The idea that content and character and talent are colorblind.
    Burgess Owens
    American football player (1951 - )
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  • Ben Zobrist We've made a lot of strides over the years in making the game better for players to be able to stay healthy and showcase talent.
    Ben Zobrist
    American professional baseball player (1981 - )
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  • Bruno Mars What I like about Elvis is the same thing I like about James Brown, Michael Jackson, Prince. These guys, back in the day, there was no smoke and mirrors. It was just raw talent. They would step out onstage and command an audience. Talk about awesome.
    Bruno Mars
    American singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer (1985 - )
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Italo Calvino What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts.
    Italo Calvino
    Italian writer (1923 - 1985)
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  • Ben Stiller Whatever talent I had, I'm sure it helped that my parents were in the business and that I grew up around actors, comedians and directors.
    Ben Stiller
    American actor, comedian, film producer, film director, and writer (1965 - )
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  • Sydney Smith Whatever you are from nature, keep to it; never desert your own line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed; be anything else, and you will be ten thousand times worse than nothing.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • W. H. Auden When a succesful author analyzes the reasons for his success, he generally underestimates the talent he was born with, and overestimates his skill in employing it.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Burnie Burns When Geoff Ramsey and Jack Pattillo started 'Achievement Hunter,' we expanded heavily into 'let's play'-style gaming videos and have since expanded with a massive roster of gaming talent and multiple channels dedicated just to gaming videos.
    Burnie Burns
    American writer, actor, producer and director (1973 - )
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