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I don't know what it must be like to be a writer in general, but to be a comedy writer, it's got to be something - it's a very special kind of talent.
Edie Falco

Special, Comedy, Writer

Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
Christiane Amanpour

Time, Money, Technology

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.
Sugar Ray Leonard

Made, Paid, Fights

I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of, and not feeling that I had the talent... and letting it go all the way through Notre Dame and then through two years of Navy service.
Regis Philbin

Business, Confidence, Feeling

There are so many young women who throw their talent away.
Britt Ekland

Women, Young, Away

The ability to get ahead in an organization is simply another talent, like the ability to play chess, paint pictures, do coronary bypass operations or pick pockets.
Robert Shea

Play, Another, Pictures

You want to do something that shows some type individuality and talent and imagination - at the same time, you want to be truthful to the predecessors, because obviously the audience liked something about them and you have to replicate that experience to a certain extent.
Renny Harlin

Time, Experience, Same

I think I've got something when I'm onscreen, but that's nothing to do with acting or talent.
Julie Christie

Nothing, Acting, Onscreen

Two kinds of men generally best succeed in political life; men of no principle, but of great talent; and men of no talent, but of one principle - that of obedience to their superiors.
Wendell Phillips

Life, Great, Men

To be a dramatic writer takes hard work, talent, and discipline. And that's why I just make up crap.
Colin Mochrie

Work, Hard, Why

I've never taken vocal lessons. My early trumpet training and a fortunate talent for singing has always been enough for me. In the case of rock singing, I've always felt it was better to remain a bit untrained to maintain your individuality.
Ronnie James Dio

Rock, Enough, Training

We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.
Michelle Bachelet

Peace, Health, Women

An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.
Irwin Shaw

Both, Stand, Himself

The romantic idea is that everybody around a writer must suffer for his talent. I think a writer is a citizen of humanity, part of his nation, part of his family. He may have to make some compromises.
Irwin Shaw

Family, Romantic, Humanity

If a man has talent and can't use it, he's failed. If he uses only half of it, he has partly failed. If he uses the whole of it, he has succeeded, and won a satisfaction and triumph few men ever know.
Thomas Wolfe

Men, Whole, Few

I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.
Kat Dennings

Success, Famous, Along

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.
Robert Redford

Started, Discovery, Voices

My father loved baseball and he cultivated my talent. I don't think he ever had any doubt in his mind that I would play professional baseball someday.
Bob Feller

Mind, Father, Doubt

Comedy and tragedy are two sides of the same coin. A talent in one area might also lead to a predisposition in the other.
Jack Dee

Two, Same, Comedy

I really believe that what I do as an actress is my God-given talent. This is my calling, not my career.
Angela Bassett

Career, Actress, Calling

I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.
Alex O'Loughlin

Great, Business, Enjoy

The money when you're having a hit is great, but money can be taken from you. What can't be taken from you is the talent and the effect your work has.
Janis Ian

Work, Money, Great

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.
Albrecht Durer

Great, God, Why

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.
Ray Comfort

Time, Courage, Smile

In football as in watchmaking, talent and elegance mean nothing without rigour and precision.
Lionel Messi

Nothing, Football, Mean

Even in junior high, I always knew I had a talent for music and I knew I could make money that way.
Bob Seger

Music, Money, High

I think people of lesser talent will become stars.
Howard Stern

Become, Stars, Lesser

Almost six years ago, before I was given the incredible opportunity to be in 'Leaving Las Vegas,' I was going through a long period of artistic confusion. I'd spent years doing work that hadn't pushed me enough, and I was beginning to wonder if I had any talent.
Elisabeth Shue

Work, Long, Through

The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.
Sean Parker

Work, Best, Results

Dorothy Hamill was my big idol as a kid. She'd won the Olympics in 1976. She was America's sweetheart with her personality, her talent, her haircut.
Kristi Yamaguchi

America, Big, Her

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