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My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.


Bob Feller


#baseball #cultivated #doubt #ever #father

People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents.


Andrew Carnegie


#how #impressive #matter #mediocrity #motivate

Working with big actors and realising that they were just normal people who've got an incredible talent was just a great experience.


Tom Felton


#experience #got #great #incredible #just

Talent alone won't make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready. The most important question is: "Are your ready?"


Johnny Carson


#being #important #important question #make #most

My mother learned that she was carrying me at about the same time the Second World War was declared; with the family talent for magic realism, she once told me she had been to the doctor's on the very day.


Angela Carter


#been #carrying #day #declared #doctor

And now may the blessing of God rest upon all men. I have told unto them the Epic of Kings, and the Epic of Kings is come to a close, and the tale of their deeds is ended.


Ferdowsi


#close #come #deeds #ended #epic

Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it lies in mere fantasy.


Giacomo Casanova


#arises #does #fantasy #goes #immortal

It's like a novelist writing far out things. If it makes a point and makes sense, then people like to read that. But if it's off in left field and goes over the edge, you lose it. The same with musical talent, I think.


Johnny Cash


#far #field #goes #i #i think

I used to believe, like many people who come from poor backgrounds, that it gave me an edge, but I think that's just something we have to tell ourselves to get by sometimes. I don't believe that anymore. Children of privilege can be just as talented and clever as anybody else.


Craig Ferguson


#anymore #backgrounds #believe #children #clever

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.


Willa Cather


#artist #best #character #creative #deepest






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