#tale

His talent was as natural as the pattern that was made by the dust on a butterfly's wings. At one time he understood it no more than the butterfly did and he did not know when it was brushed or marred. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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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

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I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive. ↗

— Steve Martin

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He had a lot of talent, but didn't have much dedication, wasn't organized, didn't know how to learn, didn't know how to comprehend what he was doing, didn't try to learn how to get better. ↗

— Jack Nicklaus

#comprehend #dedication #doing #get #had

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent. ↗

— Dennis Potter

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Actors get pigeonholed very quickly, particularly movie actors. In the theater, one is more used to casting people against type and trusting that their talent and skill will get them through. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#casting #get #more #movie #movie actors

Martha Stewart is extremely talented. Her designs are picture perfect. Our philosophy is life is messy, and rather than being afraid of those messes we design products that work the way we live. ↗

— Kathy Ireland

#being #being afraid #design #designs #extremely

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

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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