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“But what truly distinguishes their histories is not their extraordinary talent but their extraordinary opportunities.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Extraordinary achievement is less about talent than it is about opportunity.”

— Malcolm Gladwell

“There was never talent, only hard work.”

— Yixing Zhang

“A talent is no talent, unless it is used for the benefit of other people.”

— Bryant McGill

“With ordinary talent and extraordinary perseverance, all things are attainable”

— Thomas Fowell Buxton

“Being extraordinary is not reliant on talent. It's reliant on the consistent development of better serving practices.”

— Wesam Fawzi

“Talent is unfair and undemocratic; it's also inarguable.”

— Tricia Tunstall

...talent means nothing, while experience, acquired in humility and with hard work, means everything.

— Patrick Süskind

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes…

— Milton Glaser

“Talent only gives an imperfect image--the broken glimmer of a countenance. But the features of Genius remain unruffled.”

— Robert eldridg

“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet those same…

— Roger Lowenstein

The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire and persistence.

— Milton Glaser