#talent

There is no substitute for talent. Industry and all its virtues are of no avail. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#industry #substitute #talent #virtues

Talent in cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. ↗

— Stephen King

#hard #hard work #individual #lot #salt

So I continued through my next school, which takes me up to the age of 17, moving from the bottom stream of one year into the bottom stream of the next year, all the way through. I showed other talents which gave me self-respect, which is fine. ↗

— Jeremy Irons

#bottom #continued #fine #gave #i

More than a half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn't say I have a talent that's special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. ↗

— John Irving

#i #kind #life #maybe #me

After all, it is the divinity within that makes the divinity without; and I have been more fascinated by a woman of talent and intelligence, though deficient in personal charms, than I have been by the most regular beauty. ↗

— Washington Irving

#beauty #been #charms #deficient #divinity

I love the first two X-Men movies because I thought that Bryan Singer did such a great job. He elevated that whole genre. He's a very talented director. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#bryan #did #director #elevated #first

I try not to have high expectations of people because it just sets you up for disappointment, but it's great to work with actors who are that talented and accomplished. ↗

— Famke Janssen

#because #disappointment #expectations #great #high

God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women. ↗

— Sarah Orne Jewett

#god #men #right #same #talent

But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies. ↗

— Norman Jewison

#comes #madonna #movies #small #talent

I think that when you are in the limelight it is part of your obligation to be a good role model. A lot of kids look up to you, and you are given a God-given talent, so it is your responsibility. It isn't hard to deal with. I never have to think twice about doing anything. ↗

— Curtis Joseph

#anything #deal #doing #given #god-given