#tale

Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you. ↗

— Malcolm Cowley

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The depth of John Candy's talent did surprise me. He was one of my all-time favorite leading men. ↗

— Maureen O'Hara

#candy #depth #did #favorite #john

Obsessed by a fairy tale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace. ↗

— Eugene O'Neill

#fairy #fairy tale #kingdom #lives #lost

When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions. ↗

— Hakeem Olajuwon

#anymore #because #decisions #get #good

A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him. ↗

— Marvin Olasky

#god-given #him #job #should #talents

I found it all very scary. This fairytale gets built around you - as if you've been walking through the streets and then Sydney Pollack sees you and goes, 'I'll put you in something!' ↗

— Julia Ormond

#been #built #fairytale #found #gets

When I was in sixth grade there was a talent show, and I wrote my first sketch, 'The Dentist.' I played the dentist, and I had my friend play a patient. It was sort of what can go wrong at the dentist, and I just remember I had lots of fake blood and everything. ↗

— Trey Parker

#dentist #everything #fake #first #friend

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#compelled #did #failure #fear #fight

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult. ↗

— Stephen King

#talent #art

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

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