#talent

Everyone the world over talks about British actors and British talent and I think that's because we were trained - until now - in theatre. ↗

— Brenda Blethyn

#because #british #british actors #everyone #i

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

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

I, most talented players don't always succeed. Some don't even make the team. It's more what's inside. ↗

— Brett Favre

#even #i #inside #make #more

I began as a boy with artistic talent... as a visual artist... I thought that was what I'd become and in my late teens drifted into reading serious literature. ↗

— Russell Banks

#artistic #become #began #boy #drifted

Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent. ↗

— James A. Baldwin

#any #born #conspiracy #cultivation #feels

Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#come #come and go #court #five #go

A winner is someone who recognizes his God-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals. ↗

— Larry Bird

#develop #goals #god-given #his #into