#talent

The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now seem comically wrong to a modern book-reading, movie-going, television-watching, legend-loving American public conditioned to think of him as one of the presidential giants on the order of Washington and Lincoln. ↗

— Russell Baker

#american #american public #commentators #conditioned #down

I really feel that the talent I have is acting. Freedom and the possibility of play-that is what I like to have. ↗

— Jacqueline Bisset

#feel #freedom #i #like #possibility

I didn't see myself any different from my white counterparts in school. I just didn't! I thought I could do what they did. And what I didn't do well, I thought people were going to give me the opportunity to do well, because maybe they saw my talent, so they would give me a chance. I had no idea that they would see me completely different. ↗

— Viola Davis

#because #chance #completely #could #counterparts

I was very new to working in front of the camera when I started shooting 'Gatsby,' so I set myself the mission of gleaning as much information as possible out of the much more experienced actors. The cast was astoundingly talented. ↗

— Elizabeth Debicki

#cast #experienced #front #i #information

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other. ↗

— Jack Dee

#area #coin #comedy #lead #might

I do like Marylin Manson, actually. I think, he's very talented and he did make some great music. ↗

— Bruce Dickinson

#did #great #great music #i #i do

Living composers writing for big band are very few and far between. There are not a lot of them, and I have a talent for doing it. I am zeroing in on what I do best. ↗

— Carla Bley

#band #best #between #big #big band

I'm always looking for new talent. ↗

— Fred Durst

#i #looking #new #talent

To my mind, talent doesn't really exist. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#mind #really #talent

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

#discipline #forward #going #know #like