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Hemingway's talent was so outsized, that I feel like I can forgive him a lot of his trespasses to have achieved what he did achieve.
If you are really a good talent, then you need a certain amount of chances to prove yourself and get acclimatised to the conditions.
I would always contend that talent is an element, but over the long run, ultimately, a minor part of it all; it is mostly hard work.
There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.
I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
In Portland, there are so many trained artists and technicians, there's an enormous talent base. And it's not like second-stringers.
There has been studies looking at like musical talent and it shows that there is actually a really large genetic component involved.
Who knows where the talent goes? Sometimes it goes where the money is. Sometimes I think writers are really interested in the glory.
The talent of insinuation is more useful than that of persuasion, as everybody is open to insinuation, but scarce any to persuasion.
I am thankful for all the blessings and talents I have been given, but most of all I am thankful for my loving and supportive family.
An enterprise that is constantly exploring new horizons is likely to have a competitive advantage in attracting and retaining talent.
I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.
It's a strange paradox that a man gifted with too many talents can fritter them all away without developing a single one to its full.
Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
The BRIT awards is a really great occasion, especially for us Brits, because it shows the talent and support coming from our country.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
I wanted to be an actor as a kid. My teacher in second grade had called a talent agency and had them call my house. My mom was so mad.
There must always be some advantage on one side or the other, and it is better that advantage should be had by talents than by chance.
I am an ordinary man who worked hard to develop the talent I was given. I believed in myself, and I believe in the goodness of others.
The UK's most forward-thinking employers already know they need to attract, retain and promote the best talent - both male and female.
probably the greatest concentration of talent and genius in this house except for perhaps those times when Thomas Jefferson ate alone.
There are many kids in and out of baseball who think that just because they have some natural talent, they have the world by the tail.
Jessica Rabbit! People wouldn't call her the most beautiful person in Hollywood, but I find her quirkiness and talent very attractive.
When we recognise the virtues, the talent, the beauty of Mother Earth, something is born in us, some kind of connection, love is born.
I consider most of the talent in the financial world to be suboptimal. It could be better placed earning its living in the real world.
Im not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world.
First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking.
Prayer is the greatest force that we can wield. It is the greatest talent which God has granted us. He has given it to every Christian.
I am aware of the talent I was gifted and had to execute against it. It is just being very self aware and betting on your best strength.
I dont know what the secret to longevity as an actress is. Its more than talent and beauty. Maybe its the audience seeing itself in you.
When television became popular, reality shows started coming up and with such reality shows, people got a platform to show their talent.
This is a little off subject, but I'm interested in those cases where someone is barking up the wrong tree, or misapplying their talent.
I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.
The immigration issue is, I recognize, one that generates a lot of passion, but it does not make sense for us to want to push talent out.
Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
Now, anybody can make a movie, and I don't see that many great movies, because I think there's only a limited amount of talent out there.
Never to be cast away are the gifts of the gods, magnificent, which they give of their own will, no man could have them for wanting them.
He had a stellar talent. I not only lost a contemporary in the death of Robert E. Howard. The world lost a writer of extraordinary gifts.
I've been blessed with a lot of talent, and if I just continue to work hard, then I think my name will be up there with some of the best.
The RAF allowed me to play a lot of football, but like England later, they failed to recognise real talent when it was under their noses.
If we recognize our talents and use them appropriately, and choose a field that uses those talents, we will rise to the top of our field.
I've always considered myself to be just average talent and what I have is a ridiculous insane obsessiveness for practice and preparation.
Talent is a process, not a thing. Failure is not proof of an innate limit but rather is an indication of a skill we haven’t yet developed.
You can't teach an ear, you can't teach talent, but you can teach people who have those things not to just fly by the seat of their pants.
Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.
Sometimes writers of no talent at all can write great acting scenes. Sometimes the very best writers can't write scenes that come to life.
Everyone liked me when I went up on the stage at a talent search in elementary school, and that's when I decided to become a music artist.
Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.
The greater a man's talents, the more marked his idiosyncracies. Yet in the provinces originality is considered perilously close to lunacy.