My focus has always been on talent over looks. This theme of people putting an emphasis on looks first has been a… — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
I feel the producers really exploited my lack of talent at this time. I looked like an idiot up there. I want… — William Hung Copy Share Image
If I don't have an ability to go the places that I have been invited to show at and to speak at… — Wangechi Mutu Copy Share Image
It must be very strange to live in the world of Willie Nelson or Bruce Springsteen or Pearl Jam. I don't know… — David Berman Copy Share Image
“I tell you this true story just to prove that I can. That my frailty has not yet reached a point at… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
I get bored easily, so I need to do a lot. I've started a record label, so I get to nurture new… — Ellen DeGeneres Copy Share Image
Prosecutors committed to reform need talented staff members who share that commitment, and our best legal talent should flock to their offices. — James Forman, Jr Copy Share Image
In 1989-90 I became one of the group known as the Jordanaires, a.k.a. the Bulls. From the day I arrived in Chicago,… — B. J. Armstrong Copy Share Image
Pharisaism, obtuseness and tyranny reign not only in the homes of merchants and in jails; I see it in science, in literature,… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
It is important to have a woman editor. Movie is an industry where it is predominantly women. Male editors might cut out… — Susan Sarandon Copy Share Image
Beyond work and love, I would add two other ingredients that give meaning to life. First, to fulfill whatever talents we are… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
There is, indeed, nothing more annoying than to be, for instance, wealthy, of good family, nice-looking, fairly intelligent, and even good-natured, and… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
If you don't want to join a union, you're gonna have much more opportunity for individual expansion, individual expression of talent and… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I was really young, just playing with puppets a lot and doing all the voices and acting it out - normal kid… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Satirical writers and speakers are not half so clever as they think themselves, nor as they are thought to be. They do… — James Sharp Copy Share Image
It doesn't necessarily have to be championship-or-bust for me to go back to the NBA. I want to be in a situation… — Ray Allen Copy Share Image
Even in Hollywood, there are personal descents that evoke only sad shakes of the head, especially where there's sheer, unassailable talent in… — Chris Connelly Copy Share Image
“Not his match! And have you not the heart in you to be anything but best? How many are his match? How… — Edith Pargeter Copy Share Image
To each is given a certain inward talent, a certain outward environment or fortune; to each by wisest combination of these two,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
It takes a number of critical factors to win an NBA championship, including the right mix of talent, creativity, intelligence, toughness, and… — Phil Jackson Copy Share Image
We have the talent in place, and I think if you are a Jaguars fan, you should be excited, and you should… — Shahid Khan Copy Share Image
We have contributed through Indian culture; so many international collections are Indian-inspired. Why we don't make an international impact? We have talent,… — Priya Sachdev Copy Share Image
I offered up a special prayer, a prayer which came with tears and anguish, that some way would open up for me… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
“God gave the seed, but he wants the fruits back. Pick the seeds up. Plant the best ones. He promised the rain.… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
To show your true ability is always, in a sense, to surpass the limits of your ability, to go a little beyond… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Nothing is wrong with Tom Brady. When you look at the New England Patriots, they are going to have to readjust how… — Sterling Sharpe Copy Share Image
The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of… — Irwin Shaw Copy Share Image
Talent is not enough. It's a mental game. You have to deal with frustration when you don't play, you have to deal… — Emiliano Martinez Copy Share Image
Virtue is the master of talent, talent is the servant of virtue. Talent without virtue is like a house where there is… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
I certainly have not the talent which some people possess," said Darcy, "of conversing easily with those I have never seen before.… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Chelsea Handler is a good friend of mine, and I always was inspired by the fact that she was taking her life… — Jenny Mollen Copy Share Image
Hiding a talent is not exclusive to any one particular group of people: young, old, black, white, Latin. It doesn't matter. It's… — Laurence Fishburne Copy Share Image
While I enjoy teaching people on the basic and intermediate levels to work them up to advanced levels, my real talent is… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
“She was one of those writers, far from rare in the world of letters, who suppose that push and pull are an… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Don't leave the instrument sitting in its case, my son. Play! Leave no part of your instrument unexplored. Why settle for 'Three… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and… — Yehuda Berg Copy Share Image
I'm personally looking for artists that are along the lines of today's pop stars. Whether it be a Rihanna or a Justin… — L.A. Reid Copy Share Image
I really believed in my talent very early on, and probably in a psychotic way, to the point where I was, 'Yeah,… — Rachel Zegler Copy Share Image
Any great gift of power or talent is a burden ... But there is nothing to be done. If you were born… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
