#tale

The standing ovation threw me... to be held in such regard in a town so full of talent is quite something. ↗

— Michael Caine

#held #me #ovation #quite #regard

You need a particular talent only to want to please. I don't have this talent. ↗

— Eric Cantona

#need #only #particular #please #talent

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