#talent

When I have sat at home with this God-given talent for music for a long time, somebody approaches me out of the blue and asks me to play for them. It's almost as though there's a force somewhere which is saying 'no sittin' around, out you go! ↗

— Jeremy Spencer

#approaches #around #asks #blue #force

It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#discover #famous #fifteen #give #had

When I was a young actor... the more different you were from the part you played, the more talent it reflected. ↗

— Dirk Benedict

#different #i #more #part #played

One of my greatest talents is recognizing talent in others and giving them the forum to shine. ↗

— Tory Burch

#giving #greatest #others #recognizing #shine

When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#become #choose #construction #flatterers #guides

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God. ↗

— Leo Buscaglia

#gift #god #talent #you #your

What mankind wants is not talent; it is purpose. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

#purpose #talent #wants

I am scared; I don't know what is going to happen to me. What was the point of working so hard and of being talented, to be rewarded like this? Never a penny, tormented all my life. It is horrible; one cannot imagine it. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#being #cannot #going #happen #hard

I could've played basketball, but my mind was on baseball. I didn't know what I was in for. In high school it was a matter of talent. No one told you what to do. ↗

— Eric Davis

#basketball #could #high #high school #i

Obviously, for me, story is first and foremost, even in the face of the attractive idea of having all the cast there, or having a great piece of talent come to it. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#cast #come #even #face #first