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The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent, and is modest about it.
Nationalities and Nationalism
James Agate

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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
Genius
Henri Frederic Amiel

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Children's talent to endure stems from their ignorance of alternatives.
Children
Maya Angelou

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I believe that every person is born with talent.
Talent
Maya Angelou

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Not all of us have to possess earthshaking talent. Just common sense and love will do.
Love
Myrtle Auvil

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I regret the passing of the studio system. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent.
Regret
Lucille Ball

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Talent is only the starting point.
Talent
Irving Berlin

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Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings it out.
Genius
Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

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Let the path be open to talent.
Direction
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Unhappiness is best defined as the difference between our talents and our expectations.
Unhappiness
Edward De Bono

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Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length.
Genius
Christian Nevell Bovee

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Middle age snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.
Talent
Gerald Brenan

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If I have any talent at all it's from God, and my mom, who was on Capitol Records also.
Talent
Garth Brooks

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What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose.
Purpose
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Your talent is God's gift to you; what you do with it is your gift to God.
Talent
Leo Buscaglia

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With ordinary talents and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable.
Perseverance
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton

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Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.
Arts and Artists
Al Capp

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If the cut of the costume indicates intellect and talent, then the color indicates temper and heart.
Fashion
Thomas Carlyle

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The cut of a garment speaks of intellect and talent and the color of temperament and heart.
Temperament
Thomas Carlyle

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Talent
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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God doesn't give people talents that he doesn't want people to use.
Talent
Iron Eagle

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Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer.
Genius
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.
Talent
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Imagination is not a talent of some people but is the health of everyone.
Imagination
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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It is a happy talent to know how to play.
Talent
Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun