The reason I still go play the organ at church every Sunday and dedicate my talents to God first is because I feel like that’s the reason why I’m who I am today.
Good economic theory must give the people the chance to use their talents to build their own lives. We must get away from the traditional route where the rich will do the business and the poor will depend on private or public charity.
It’s always important to invest in young talents and the talents of tomorrow.
If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I’m trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I’m very proud to be connected with them.
Our opportunities to do good are our talents.
I played in garage bands and rock and roll bands when I was in junior high and high school and saw some of the great talents of all time in the local area where I lived.
Britain is home to world class creative industries and talents.
Certain things which were happening in the industry needed to be corrected or stopped. There were a lot of people who were taking undue advantage and exploiting young talents.
I’ve been very well remunerated for my talents over the years so I really don’t need the public’s money.
I believe all of my talents come from the Lord. All of my talents are God-given – that’s how I was able to write music without any professional musical training.
It’s good to test yourself and develop your talents and ambitions as fully as you can and achieve greater success; but I think success is the feeling you get from a job well done, and the key thing is to do the work.
What I mean is that none of my talents had a – what’s that great word – rubric. A singer, an actor, a dancer – there was nothing I could really say I was. The writing came much later. And, actually, thank God, because if I had said I’m a singer, I would really have just had one thing to do.
Yes, education is the catalyst that will hone and sharpen our talents, skills, and abilities and cause them to blossom.
It doesn’t matter if you have a six-minute match on ‘Superstars,’ go out and steal the show. Go have a great, solid match. Somebody’s going to say, ‘Who cares about ‘Superstars?’ Nobody watches it. And it’s only six minutes.’ That’s the wrong attitude. That’s a loser’s attitude, and that’s what I’ve told dozens of talents.
We were trying to build the best team around our talents in Houston.
I’ve been working for the UFC since I stopped fighting. It’s been very exciting, looking at all the new guys, all the young talents in Brazil and trying to help them out, promote themselves and get them into the UFC.
Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
How we put our collective talents to work is a social issue, not solely a personal one.
The N.C.A.A. is a multibillion-dollar business built on the talents of players who are often unqualified for or uninterested in being students and who benefit materially from the system only if they are among the few who turn professional.
I travelled round the world giving demonstrations of my talents. In every country, I performed for students, professors, teachers, bankers, accountants, and even laymen who knew very little, or nothing at all, about mathematics.
I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
But we live in a modern world, you know, and, and also it does seem to me that if you – that whatever talents you have, it… I mean it may sound a bit absurd but I, I think it’s your, absolutely your duty to resolve them, you know?
Everyone has different talents, different styles and talents.
Like a kick in the butt, the force of events wakes slumberous talents.
Online is such an important platform… it’s all one giant melting pot of talents. The times are changing. It’s just art now. You can share your audiences with everyone, and it’s exciting.
Practice radical humility. Take no credit for your talents, intellectual abilities, aptitudes, or proficiencies. Be in a state of awe and bewilderment.
I think we all need to believe in hope: that if we have dreams and if we have ambitions and if we have skills and talents – that if you really put your heart into something and you work at it hard enough – that you can make your dreams come true.
We are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities, but its own talents.
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions.
Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents.
I have some cool talents. I’m really flexible and can do all sorts of twisted yoga positions. And I’m a big athlete and especially love soccer.
A job should employ God-given talents in a way that glorifies Him.
The days of noblesse oblige are long behind us, so our elite’s entire claim to legitimacy rests on theories of equal opportunity and upward mobility, and the promise that ‘merit’ correlates with talents and deserts.
I saw the finished version of ‘The French Dispatch’ quite a while ago, and it’s just amazing. It’s so incredibly strong and different… the way that Wes is expanding his talents to another dimension with each film is just wow.
The greatest talents often lie buried out of sight.
Hundreds of players have physical and technical talents but very few make it.
I want to make sure that people with talents, who want to perform or to develop their act, know that the Peacock Theater exists and to reach out to us and know that there’s a safe and fun place for them to develop their material.
Emmitt Smith has run past legends, danced with stars and posed for the sculptor crafting his Hall of Fame bust. He’s built upon his athletic talents by working hard, seizing opportunities and reaching out to others for advice when he needed it.
But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents.
As far as I’m concerned, collaboration is the essence of life. It’s wonderful to be able to have talents, and, very often, we think that we know what our talents are, or we find out through a back door that we have a talent. I know that I found out I was a lyricist quite through a back door.
When you are lonely, you get desperate to find a companion. My advice is instead of seeking Mr Right, use the time to hone your talents or workout at a gym. You may just meet someone special along the way.
To stand out, I just use my talents. I rap, and I sing as well. With that being said, people kind of know me for bringing that emotion in music.
One of the tasks that any artistic director has is, you’re trying to bring elements together that will work. The truth is that you could bring all the best talents in the world together and produce a big turkey.
From the outside-in, Atlanta is kind of perceived as like popcorn. People don’t respect it as having artists such as myself and EarthGang and other lyrical talents and album-worthy artists.
Look at the talent that has broken through. Bray Wyatt, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Cesaro. There are a number of talents there. Everyone wonders if you give them the ball, are they going to score or are they going to fumble? Obviously, all the names I mentioned have scored very well.
There is no dearth of talents in Jharkhand.
One of my favourite messages about ‘The Pirate Fairy’ is that the story is about appreciating your own talents.
I don’t have a ton of talents. I’m not this conventionally attractive TV dude.
The best advice I got really had nothing to do with singing; it came from my brother, who always told me to stick to my guns and to believe in myself. I think Duane saw my talents and believed in me long before I ever did, and that meant the world to me.
In effect, I feel like a blind, deaf, and illiterate person working through the sensibilities and multiple, real talents of other people. Everything I do is collaborative.
No matter who you are, no matter what your color, creed, how you choose to pray or who you choose to love, that if you are an American – first generation or fifth – one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules and apply your God-given talents – that you should be able to find a job that pays the bills.
At Translation, we pride ourselves on being one of the most diverse agencies in the industry – and with that diversity comes a wealth of different talents and perspectives. The onus is on us to empower our employees to use those considerable talents to create real systemic change.
Globalization has changed us into a company that searches the world, not just to sell or to source, but to find intellectual capital – the world’s best talents and greatest ideas.
