"Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles."
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"We are told that talent creates opportunity, yet it is desire that creates talent."
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"It's not enough to have talent. You have to have a talent for your talent."
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"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."
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"alent is like the marksman who hits a target which others cannot reach; genius is like the marksman who hits a target, as far as which others cannot even see."
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"Talent borrows, genius steals!"
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"I'm thankful for the talent in which God gave me and I'm thankful for the environment that he placed me."
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"You can't take credit for talent; you can only take credit for using it."
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"My talent is that I just try and try and try and try again and little by little it comes to something."
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"Drive will take you much farther than talent ever could."
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"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."
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"Please remember that your greatest talent is so much more powerful than your biggest fear."
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"What’s yours? How will you serve the world? What do they need that your talent can provide? That’s all you have to figure out."
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"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."
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"I believe that every person is born with talent."
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"I have no particular talent. I am merely inquisitive."
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"It is the talent of human nature to run from one extreme to another."
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"There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure."
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"Talent is like a birthmark - it's a gift and no credit nor fault to those who wear them."
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"You could become internationally famous - you're Gemini, and according to antique authority have a literary talent, which of course your letters prove."
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