Quotes: talent
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A talent for drama is not a talent for writing, but is an ability to articulate human relationships.
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A really great talent finds its happiness in execution.
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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
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Confidence is the most important single factor in this game, and no matter how great your natural talent, there is only one way to obtain and sustain it: work.
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Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
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Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.
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A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.
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A bestseller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.
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A book is never a masterpiece: it becomes one. Genius is the talent of a dead man.
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A great deal of talent is lost in the world for want of courage.
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A lot of musicians don't learn the business. You just have to be well-rounded in both areas. You have to understand publishing. You have to understand how you make money, what's in demand, what helps you make the most out of your talent.
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A talent somewhat above mediocrity, shrewd and not too sensitive, is more likely to rise in the world than genius.
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A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member's talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
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A writer is in danger of allowing his talent to dull who lets more than a year go past without finding himself in his rightful place of composition, the small single unluxurious ''retreat'' of the twentieth century, the hotel bedroom.
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
