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"I've said it before, and I'll say it again. When you find something at which you have talent, you do that thing (what ever it is) until your fingers bleed or your eyes pop out of your head."
"Having talent is fantastic. Having confidence is even more important."
"Talent is the ability to say things well, but genius is the ability to, well, say things."
"I'm always surrounded by smart talented people. I had talented partners. Stan Latham for one. Talent scouts."
"My talent matters more to me than the money does."
"Children's lies are signs of great talent."
"You have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists."
"Let the path be open to talent."
"In war, the general alone can judge of certain arrangements. It depends on him alone to conquer difficulties by his own superior talents and resolution."
"All have not the same capacity. I would allow a man of intellect to earn more, I would not cramp his talent."
"Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop."
"Without hustle, talent will only carry you so far."
"I don't really have a talent. I can't sing or act or dance or perform, those talents. All I can do is be myself."
"Everyone is born with some special talent."
"I hate all children of precocious talent."
"Trust me, it takes talent to converse with a cat"
"The time a movie is made is unique, not only from the talent that is available but if the public was ready for it."
"Unlike the talent for war, the ability to make peace has always been rare."
"Success is what you do with your ability. It's how you use your talent."
"There may be talent without position, but there is no position without some kind of talent."
