My biggest criticism is how can people be so easily satisfied? Even people with talent.
Things happen to you out of luck, and if you get to stick around it's because you're talented.
I'm politically interested, but I have no particular talent as a political beast, stepping out and running for office.
The most sought-after candidates in the world today by companies like mine are people who make computer software - there's a shortage of talent.
At Marvel, I was lucky enough to work with really talented people, but I always had this nagging thought: 'One day I'll write my own stories.'
You can work hard to sharpen your talent, to get better at whatever it is that you do, and I think that's what it comes back to.
I think sometimes when I go to make a move on something, people try to disqualify any talent that I have or any hard work that I've done.
I invite you to leverage Serbia because we have talented young professionals who are multilingual, highly educated, and willing to work for competitive wages.
I feel that the work that I have done in the comedy arena, is priceless in terms of what I learned, timing, everything that these incredibly talented performers were generous enough in teaching me.
There's a wealth of talent that lies in all of us. All of us, including those who work in schools, must nurture creativity systematically and not kill it unwittingly.
Ella can work nightclubs that Duke might not be able to work, because of having the big band. Where they go now is strictly a matter of their own names and talents.
Consequently the student who is devoid of talent will derive no more profit from this work than barren soil from a treatise on agriculture.
We can each define ambition and progress for ourselves. The goal is to work toward a world where expectations are not set by the stereotypes that hold us back, but by our personal passion, talents and interests.
We have a large pool of talented and educated women, and yet workplaces haven't necessarily changed to accommodate the reality of their lives.
When we set about accounting for a Napoleon or a Shakespeare or a Raphael or a Wagner or an Edison or other extraordinary person, we understand that the measure of his talent will not explain the whole result, nor even the largest part of it; no, it ...
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Pitiful is the person who is afraid of taking risks. Perhaps this person will never be disappointed or disillusioned; perhaps she won’t suffer the way people do when they have a dream to follow. But when that person looks back – and at some point...
You see," said Colon, "thieves are here. I mean, it's . They're a certain amount of thieving. Not that they do much these days, mind you. If you pay them a little premium every year they give you a card and leave you alone. Saves time and effort all ...
There is a poverty of the average human’s life, who is unnoticed by the world. It is the poverty of the commonplace. There is nothing heroic about it; it is the poverty of the common lot, devoid of ecstasy. Jesus was poor in this way. He was no mod...
If more people had the courage to discover their potential, we might find that such talents are not so rare
Senseless violence is a prerogative of youth, which has much energy but little talent for the constructive.
