#talent

Fransisco, you're some kind of very high nobility, aren't you?" He answered, "Not yet. The reason my family has lasted for such a long time is that none of us has ever been permitted to think he is born a d'Anconia. We are expected to become one. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#aristocracy #birthright #meritocracy #nobility #talent

I'm Method trained. How is this character like me? What does she think of her mother? What does her mother think of her? It's like construction, and then, yes, you hope you're talented and that the universe aligns and captures the kind of laborer's work you've done and whatever else sprinkles down on you, and it's all caught on film or onstage. ↗

— Ellen Barkin

#caught #character #construction #does #done

Talent is only the starting point. ↗

— Irving Berlin

#point #starting #starting point #talent

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't. ↗

— Barry Bonds

#either #explain #i #just #talent

This industry is 90 percent business, 10 percent talent. ↗

— Pitbull

#industry #percent #talent

There is no spray can called 'Instant Stardom,' only talent can keep you at the top. ↗

— Jim Dale

#instant #keep #only #spray #stardom

I would not be able to pen an academic and dry diatribe. I have too much talent for that. ↗

— Theo Van Gogh

#academic #dry #i #much #pen

Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents. ↗

— Norman Granz

#band #because #big #big band #duke

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether. ↗

— Greil Marcus

#dispensing #elvis #his #point #talent

Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own. ↗

— Orrin Woodward

#self-perception #talent #leadership