#talent

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

Concealed talent brings no reputation. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

#concealed #reputation #talent

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. ↗

— John Wooden

#be grateful #be humble #careful #conceit #fame

The buried talent is the sunken rock on which most lives strike and founder. ↗

— Frederick William Faber

#founder #lives #most #rock #strike

I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent. ↗

— Edie Falco

#general #got #i #kind #know

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

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

— Eric Cantona

#need #only #particular #please #talent

With the hugely talented women I've worked with or observed, it's not a question about temperament or ego; it's a question about getting it right. If they've got a reputation for being difficult it's usually because they just don't suffer fools. ↗

— Glenn Close

#because #being #difficult #ego #fools