#lent

At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it. ↗

— Gordon Parks

#compelled #did #failure #fear #fight

Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. ↗

— Walter Pater

#beauty #been #between #discriminate #discussions

I've always been profoundly ambivalent about fame. I think it just eats the reality out of you and it can be intoxicating because I like some of it. ↗

— Jane Pauley

#always #ambivalent #because #been #eats

The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having enough to live upon is often the means of preserving his self-respect. ↗

— James Payn

#enough #fact #having #him #his

Artistic talent is far more common than the talent to nurture artistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult. ↗

— Stephen King

#talent #art

The Reform Bill has destroyed the ancient conduits and strainers, and brings Public Opinion to act upon the government with the rapid, turbulent, and uncertain violence of a flood! ↗

— Robert Peel

#ancient #bill #brings #destroyed #flood

For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop. ↗

— Itzhak Perlman

#becomes #develop #extremely #important #judge

Armed and law-abiding citizens are a greater deterrent to violent crime than 1,000 laws passed by Congress. ↗

— Rick Perry

#citizens #congress #crime #deterrent #greater

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates. ↗

— Fernando Pessoa

#chocolates #earth #like #look #metaphysics

It breaks my heart to see these young, really talented bands getting chewed up into the system. I remember a time if you'd signed to a major label it was such a sell out! But now... unless you've signed to a big label, you're a failure now. ↗

— Mike Peters

#big #breaks #chewed #failure #getting