#talent

I started Michael years ago. I saw him in Gary, Indiana, and we'd have him on the talent shows. He kind of emulated me, and did the best he could. ↗

— James Brown

#best #could #did #gary #him

I've known lots of people that are talented and nothing happens. It's not about talent, it's relentless drive. ↗

— Julie Brown

#drive #happens #i #known #lots

What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time. ↗

— Don Zimmer

#giving #hustle #lack #made #percent

When I was in Japan with my girlfriend Jessica, she would have had acupuncture every day if she could. I can just about stomach going to a chiropractor and I visited a talented one when I was there, but when he tried a needle on me, it was horrible. My muscles tightened and it didn't work at all. ↗

— Jenson Button

#acupuncture #could #day #every #every day

I couldn't help but to think back to my classmates at Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio. They had the same talent, the same brains, the same dreams as the folks we sat with at Stanford and Harvard. I realized the difference wasn't one of intelligence or drive. The difference was opportunity. ↗

— Julian Castro

#back #brains #classmates #difference #dreams

All the intelligence and talent in the world can't make a singer. The voice is a wild thing. It can't be bred in captivity. It is a sport, like the silver fox. It happens. ↗

— Willa Cather

#captivity #fox #happens #intelligence #like

Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older. ↗

— Kim Cattrall

#get #hit #just #off #older

Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself. ↗

— John Jay Chapman

#benevolence #craving #gift #himself #implies

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent. ↗

— Julie Christie

#got #i #i think #nothing #onscreen

As I have said before, I had no illusions about my performing ability. But I did not know that my despair was brought about not because I had no talent but because I did not know how to develop it. ↗

— Shinichi Suzuki

#talent #education