#talent

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows. ↗

— Milton Glaser

#desire #element #even #grows #independent

I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool. ↗

— Josh Groban

#his #i #liked #officially #own

I resented the idea of being talented. I couldn’t respect it — in my experience, no one else did. Being called talented at school had only made me a target for resentment. I wanted to work. Work, I could honor. ↗

— Alexander Chee

#respect #talent #talented #work #experience

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy. ↗

— Juliana Hatfield

#boy #charismatic #fall #i #rock

Whatever the difference between brilliant and average brains, we are all creative. And through practice and study we can enhance our skills and talents. ↗

— Jeff Hawkins

#between #brains #brilliant #creative #difference

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that. ↗

— Lena Headey

#charlize theron #everyone #genius #herself #inverse

Hope is a talent like any other. ↗

— Storm Jameson

#hope #like #other #talent

Oh absolutely. I had the pleasure to get to know a lot of really talented young actors before they even really hit it big. And yet what we all had and shared in common was a love for movies. ↗

— Chad Lowe

#before #big #common #even #get

Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief, in their own gifts. ↗

— Jean Vanier

#inspirational #self-confidence #talents #inspirational

To want a gift and not receive it,that is a life of torture. To have a gift and lose it--that is eternal hell. ↗

— j. scott featherstone

#talents #inspirational