#talent

The elegance and the quality - the talent is always in the literature. I start with the word and I base everything on that. It doesn't make any difference to me. ↗

— Kate Mulgrew

#any #base #difference #elegance #everything

Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both. ↗

— Carroll O'Connor

#both #developed #gift #god-given #talent

I used to forget that I was an Indian woman. I would even forget that I was a woman. I don't think of myself as bringing to the table a lot of 'women's issues.' I don't feel the need to write about maternity. I grew up thinking that the talented people in comedy were hard-joke writers. ↗

— Mindy Kaling

#bringing #comedy #even #feel #forget

The manuals we got from IBM would show examples of programs and I knew I could do a heck of a lot better than that. So I thought I might have some talent. ↗

— Donald Knuth

#could #examples #got #heck #i

There's tons of people with talent; it's the system that's all screwed up. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

#screwed #system #talent #tons #up

I was born into a family of gospel singers. My early ambitions were many. I was going to be a ballerina. I almost had that one come true until I tore a tendon, so I transferred from my toes to my throat and that's where the talent settled. ↗

— Dionne Warwick

#ballerina #born #come #early #family

I think punk rock, especially for me, was a big middle finger to this whole talent thing. ↗

— Mike Watt

#especially #finger #i #i think #me

Well, it was one of my most gratifying experiences because I could devote my knowledge and my talent for the good for the City of Washington, and all the Federal projects where the Fine Arts Commission had jurisdiction, and it was a tremendous experience. ↗

— Felix de Weldon

#because #city #commission #could #devote

There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks. ↗

— David Wells

#enhance #game #guys #had #make

Real talent will get through whatever the obstacles. ↗

— Kim Wilde

#obstacles #real #talent #through #whatever