"Acting of some actors seems natural, because they have no talent."
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"If we are proud of our talents we betray our lack of gratitude to God."
"Detroit is full of talent."
"We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want."
"All disc jockeys are without talent. Noel Edmonds - I can't stand Noel Edmonds."
"Talent is a universal gift, but it takes a lot of courage to use it. Don't be afraid to be the best."
"I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows."
"First, there must be talent. . .Then there must be discipline. . .Then there must be. . .and absolute conscience. . .to prevent faking."
"By expressing our unique talents and using them to serve others, we will experience unlimited love, abundance, and true fulfillment in our lives."
"I've always believed in my talent. And I've always had more guts than talent."
"Talent is culture with insolence."
"As to great and commanding talents, they are the gift of Providence in some way unknown to us, they rise where they are least expected; they fail when everything seems disposed to produce them, or at least to call them forth."
"Sometimes I wonder why God ever trusts talent in the hands of women, they usually make such an infernal mess of it. I think He must do it as a sort of ghastly joke."
"You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them."
"We read often with as much talent as we write."
"Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character."
"There is only one school of literature - that of talent."
"The true eye for talent presupposes the true reverence for it."
"There exists a false aristocracy based on family name, property, and inherited wealth. But there likewise exists a true aristocracy based on intelligence, talent and virtue."
"Talent should minister to genius."