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More men fail through lack of purpose than lack of talent.

You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth you can find in it, and if you are really lucky, a terrific partner and I have that and those four things worked out for me.

Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. Invention is the talent of youth, and judgment of age.

But I think funny and talent will always win out; I mean, of course there are hurdles, but I think if you're funny you will get over all of that.

Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.

But I don't think I have any particular talent for prediction, because when you have three or four elements in hand, you don't have to be a genius to reach certain conclusions.

My talent for playing the drums was a gift from God.

There has been no appreciable improvement in our country's ability to produce the kind of talent we need in this space. There have been some small initiatives around the country that have been noteworthy.

The income from sales now covers the expense of materials but I expect this to improve.

I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

Day after day, I spent long afternoons in the talent pool, being told how to walk, how to talk, how to sit.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

I studied economics and made it my career for two reasons. The subject was and is intellectually fascinating and challenging, particularly to someone with taste and talent for theoretical reasoning and quantitative analysis.

You know, I'm the 1st black solo MC from Detroit. I didn't do the 50 Cent sales but hey... I got a long career, I'm still young and I'm trying to bring really good music.

I deplore any action which denies artistic talent an opportunity to express itself because of prejudice against race origin.

They would come down in Mississippi, they hired me as a talent scout. And I would go all over Mississippi, Alabama, Texas, and find out different artists for them.

I don't want my body to be a distraction from my talent or my brain.

As far as talent goes, we had pretty much everything, and I think that's why this year was so successful.