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Talent isn't
genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be
great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I
don't intend to try any more.
-- Louisa May Alcott
1832-1888, American Author
I believe that
every person is born with talent.
-- Maya Angelou
1928-, African-American poet,
Writer, Performer
It takes
little talent to see clearly what lies under one's nose, a
good deal of it to know in which direction to point that
organ.
-- W. H. Auden
1907-1973, Anglo-American
Poet
There are two
kinds of talent, man-made talent and God-given talent. With
man-made talent you have to work very hard. With God-given
talent, you just touch it up once in a while.
-- Pearl Bailey
1918-1990, American Vocalist,
Movie and Stage Actress
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Talent is only
the starting point.
-- Irving Berlin
1888-1989, Russian Composer
A man gift
will make a way for him.
-- Bible
Sacred Scriptures of
Christians and Judaism
When I stand
before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would
not have a single bit of talent left and could say, ''I used
everything you gave me.''.
-- Erma Bombeck
1927-, American Author,
Humorist
Middle age
snuffs out more talent than even wars or sudden death does.
-- Gerald Brenan
1894-1987, Maltan Travel
Writer, Novelist
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