A Quote by Truman Capote
Talent is a valued tormentor.
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Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.
In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity, those who preserve their self-esteem are likely to be heroic exceptions.
Every man is valued in this world as he shows by his conduct that he wishes to be valued.
It is, perhaps, better to be valued as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.
It is, perhaps, a better thing to be valued only as an object of passion than never to be valued at all.
The time and the quality of the time that their parents devote to them indicate to children the degree to which they are valued by their parents. . . . When children know that they are valued, when they truly feel valued in the deepest parts of themselves, then they feel valuable. This knowledge is worth more than any gold.
Italy valued cathedrals while Spain valued explorers. So worldwide, five times as many people speak Spanish than Italian.
Christ is not valued at all, unless he is valued above all.
We are valued in this world at the rate we desire to be valued.
Yeah, there were a few years in the early nineties where I really began to hate what was valued as funny and just sort of what was valued in stand-up, period.
The talent, including the talent for history - and I do think there are people who just have a talent for it, the way you have a talent for public speaking or music or whatever - it shouldn't be allowed to lie dormant. It should be brought alive.
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.
Pakistan never valued Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan saab until English songwriter Peter Gabriel started collaborating with him. After that, the country suddenly realised that they have an amazing talent. This is the story of a lot of artistes there.
Colour can be the true main thing in art that is widely valued – even valued by the maker of the art – for other meanings.
Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.
I'm all about talent. I love talent and I want to work with as much great talent as possible. My job as editor in chief is making the most of everybody's talent and pulling that together into a format that's even better than an individual.
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