"Talent imitates, but genius steals."
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"patience is an integral part of talent."
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"Once you have the light of God within you, you see things within yourself that you did not know existed. Things that were hidden in darkness are now in light. I see myself as able to forgive... to love... I even see talents in myself that I didn't see before."
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"A forte always makes a foible."
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"Every man has a vocation. The talent is the call."
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"Every person has his or her own vocation-talent is the call."
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"Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character."
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"There is a genius of a nation, which is not to be found in the numerical citizens, but which characterizes the society."
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"The difference between Talent and Genius is that Talent says things which he has never heard but once, and Genius things which he has never heard."
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"Genius is power, talent is applicability."
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"Blessed are those who have no talent!"
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"Our poets are men of talents who sing, and not the children of music."
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"We cannot hoard life as we can money. When a person tries to be a miser of his health, he usually makes himself miserable. Mental talents, if buried and not used, tend to deteriorate. Whoever would save his memory by not using it will lose it."
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"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."
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"His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void; And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed."
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"Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie and deceive."
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"Decisions are made by people who have time, not people who have talent."
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"Norman Mailer thinks William Burroughs is a genius, which I think is ludicrous beyond words. I don't think William Burroughs has an ounce of talent."
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"The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups."
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"Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work?"
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