"To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity."

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"To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity."

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"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect."

Life, Body, Liberty

"Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life."

Life, Power, Idea, Glory

"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."

Office,

"He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief."

Money, Trust, Interest, Wishes

"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."

Work, Being, Content, Living

"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

Harm,

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"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

John Wooden, American Coach

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"There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure."

Alfred Adler, Austrian Psychologist

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"I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job."

Roger Ailes, American Businessman

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"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

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"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."

Henri Frederic Amiel, Swiss Philosopher

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"Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel."

Mary Kay Ash, American Businessman

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"Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

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"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?"

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent."

James A. Baldwin, American Author

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"Like bones to the human body, the axle to the wheel, the wing to the bird, and the air to the wing, so is liberty the essence of life. Whatever is done without it is imperfect."

"Just as he who gives his life to serve a great idea is admirable, he who avails himself of a great idea to serve his personal hopes of glory and power is abominable, even if he too risks his life."

"It is the duty of man to raise up man."

"It is terrible to speak of you, Liberty, for one who lives without you."

"It is necessary to make virtue fashionable."

"In truth, men speak too much of danger."

"He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief."

"He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief."

"A child who does not think about what happens around him and is content with living without wondering whether he lives honestly is like a man who lives from a scoundrel's work and is on the road to being a scoundrel."

"Freedoms, like privileges, prevail or are imperiled together You cannot harm or strive to achieve one without harming or furthering all."

Exlpore more Talent quotes

"I'd rather have a lot of talent and a little experience than a lot of experience and a little talent."

"There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure."

"I don't have any focus groups on talent and programming. If I need five people in a mall to be paid $40 to tell me how to do my job, I shouldn't do my job."

"Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius."

"To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius."

"Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel."

"Another thing that's pathetic is this rule that you have to look ugly to get respect as an actress. Jessica Lange had to make herself look really bad to prove that she had amazing talent."

"It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ."

"It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are they the result of previous study?"

"Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent."