#tale

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing. ↗

— Dorothy Fields

#far #field #great #i #i do

You might have a favorite book or film, but you can only watch or read it so many times before you have to let it sit and then go back and realize it's your favorite still. At some point everything gets a little stale and you have to step away from it. ↗

— Les Claypool

#back #before #book #everything #favorite

There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love. ↗

— Barry Cornwall

#flow #fragrance #grows #hues #love

I was a great reader of fairy tales. I tried to read the entire fairy tale section of the library. ↗

— Beverly Cleary

#fairy #fairy tale #fairy tales #great #i

If I have a talent for making some fourth-grader who hates school and reading to hate it a little less, then I have to do the most with what I've been issued. ↗

— Brian P. Cleary

#hate #hates #i #issued #less

Michael Palin decided to give up on his considerable comedy talents to make those dreadfully tedious travel shows. Have you ever tried to watch one? ↗

— John Cleese

#considerable #decided #dreadfully #ever #give

I can never do better than Fawlty Towers whatever I do. Now I very much want to teach young talent some rules of the game. ↗

— John Cleese

#game #i #i can #i do #much

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#reservoir #talent #untapped #women #women are

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. ↗

— Glenn Close

#because #being #difficult #ego #fools

Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful. ↗

— Jack Vance

#had #his #imagination #smith #talented