Intentionality and talent always matter. An extraordinary feat is certainly made more likely by someone's focus, hard work, etc. But chance also… — Leonard Mlodinow Copy Share Image
In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I… — William H. Gass Copy Share Image
If you read a part that you want to play, and you already know you have actors you want to work with… — Jerry Bruckheimer Copy Share Image
There are dozens of ways of failing to make money. It is one thing to fail to make money because your single… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
I think you have to have the talent, and guys have to believe in what you're doing. Everybody has to play to… — Chris Harris, Jr Copy Share Image
When a man's talk is commonplace and his writings uncommon, it means that his talent lies in the place from which he… — Michel De Montaigne Copy Share Image
I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only… — Olga Kurylenko Copy Share Image
When you are a young actor, you're imbued with the high purpose of your art. You think, 'They hire me for my… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
It is accurate that the Walt Disney Company and ESPN are committed to diversity and inclusion. These are long-standing values that drive… — John Skipper Copy Share Image
No wise pilot, no matter how great his talent and experience, fails to use his checklist. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I… — Beyonce Knowles Copy Share Image
I was turned down by every record label in L.A. Perseverance is three quarters of the game. Talent's only a quarter. Being… — Sheryl Crow Copy Share Image
There are two wrong reactions to a rejection slip: deciding it's a final judgment on your story and/or talent, and deciding it's… — Nancy Kress Copy Share Image
I hold a doctrine, to which I owe not much, indeed, but all the little I ever had, namely, that with ordinary… — Sir Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Copy Share Image
Eating takes a special talent. Some people are much better at it than others. In that way, it is like sex, and… — Alan King Copy Share Image
Aberjhani is an award-winning poet who is featured in our first DREAM REACHERS book. An awesome talent. — Betty Dravis Copy Share Image
Dali is like a man who hesitates between talent and genius, or, as one might once have said, between vice and virtue. — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
I didn't really have an agenda for my talent. I just wanted to be able to sing. — Brenda Lee Copy Share Image
You have to hone your craft, but you also have to be born with a certain amount of talent, and I never… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
Athletes often start life at the opposite end of the wealth and prestige spectrum, but as soon as they exhibit an unusual… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
“Choose not to waste your talent or skills. Remember, whatever you don’t use you lose. Whatever gift you have in you. Choose… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I want to get the point across that you may not have money to give to a charity, whether that is Ronald… — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
It's the most important thing - especially for a young player who wants to improve - to improve his talent and learn,… — Xherdan Shaqiri Copy Share Image
I had a really good time at MGM. And we had no quarrels much, except once in a while, I'd go up… — Marion Davies Copy Share Image
“Like love, like talent, like any other virtue, like anything else in this life, happiness needs to be nurtured - this is… — Ogwo David Emenike Copy Share Image
Talent--that is to say, the ability to see the world in a unique way--matures and grows in isolation. — Mieczyslaw Jastrun Copy Share Image
Being surrounded by creativity and talent is very enriching - not in terms of money but in terms of the soul and… — Antoine Arnault Copy Share Image
If I have any insight at all to contribute it is this: find out what you are really good at and stick… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
I think you're a product of your influences, your environment. You see guys with so much talent, but they got the wrong… — Paul Pierce Copy Share Image
If 5000 people bought my record, I would appreciate those 5000 people. I make music for them because music isn't supposed to… — Marcus Ramone Cooper Copy Share Image
I wasn't blessed with this unique talent for nothing. I have to put it on display. The game hasn't retired me. When… — Antonio Tarver Copy Share Image
Talent is good, Knowledge is important, only hard work deliver result. — Ore Abayomi Copy Share Image
The implausible, well-nigh-miraculous functioning anarchy that we know as New York is adorned with every excellence of Western art. It is a… — Ibn Warraq Copy Share Image
LinkedIn is increasingly becoming a very strong place for companies to develop their talent plans, their recruitment plans, and so there are… — Jeff Weiner Copy Share Image
I feel I have to work hard to nurture whatever talent I have as an actor. I feel like it's not natural… — David Duchovny Copy Share Image
What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle, and giving 110 percent all the time. — Don Zimmer Copy Share Image
