#talent

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

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

I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep. ↗

— Taylor Phinney

#deep #describe #i #incredibly #talents

The real writer is one who really writes. Talent is an invention like phlogiston after the fact of fire. Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#being #better #cure #fact #fire

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#cause #community #country #gave #give

I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done. ↗

— Gabrielle Reece

#done #go #hard #hard work #i

I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts. ↗

— Martin Ritt

#genetic #i #lot #respect #talent

Talent is being able to please people. ↗

— Marty Robbins

#being #people #please #talent

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that. ↗

— Sidney Sheldon

#away #gift #given #taken #talent

I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented. I've viewed myself as slightly above average in talent. ↗

— Will Smith

#average #i #myself #never #particularly