Any chance I had to get in front of people - amateur talent contests at movie houses like the Broadway, the president… — Frankie Avalon Copy Share Image
My family had a lot of characteristics - achievements, ambitions, talents, expectations - that all seemed to be recessive in me. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
“Marketing is so powerful that it can make even an extremely untalented musician a one-hundred-hits wonder.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Gore Vidal was a man of immense literary talent, some of which he used well, some of which he wasted. — Fred Kaplan Copy Share Image
You can have talent and strength, but the most important is determination. — Lyoto Machida Copy Share Image
I am doubtful of any talent, so whatever I choose to be, will be accomplished only by long study and work — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. — William Cobbett Copy Share Image
A lot of people are in a position of power because their ambition far exceeded their talent. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
I have a responsibility to nurture and shepherd my talent and when I'm living the parts of my life not related to… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
There are thousands upon thousands of new Johnny Cash fans every year, inspired by the music, talent, and - I believe hugely… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
When I saw that goal, the first thing I said was, 'You won't see a goal like that ever again.' It's one… — Sidney Crosby Copy Share Image
Spielberg was very young and starting up when we did Sugarland Express and I loved that, but the main thing was that… — Vilmos Zsigmond Copy Share Image
The property a man has in his own industry, is violated, whenever he is forbidden the free exercise of his faculties or… — Jean-Baptiste Say Copy Share Image
People actually aren't moving on from companies much more quickly than in the past, but there's a perception that they do, so… — Kathryn Minshew Copy Share Image
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions. — Harvey Mackay Copy Share Image
An awful lot of actors who are considered very good actors are not very good actors. There are people who just strike… — Martin Landau Copy Share Image
We all have a vast number of areas in which we have no talent or skill and little chance of becoming even… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
A person who makes full use of and exploits his talents, potentialities, and capacities. Such a person seems to be fulfilling himself… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
At every moment you choose yourself. But do you choose *your* self? Body and soul contain a thousand possibilities out of which… — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good… — Brock Yates Copy Share Image
The Nazis hated culture itself, because it is essentially international and therefore subversive of nationalism. What they called Nazi culture was a… — Christopher Isherwood Copy Share Image
You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I suppose the thing I most would have liked to have known or been reassured about is that in the world, what… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Profound sincerity is the only basis of talent as of character. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image