She could become a spinster, like Emily Dickinson, writing poems full of dashes and brilliance, and never gaining weight.
The ultimate power of a successful general staff lies, not in the brilliance of its individual members, but in the cross-fertilisation of its collective abilities.
I strongly urge students to learn to take risks, to be bold, to let their genius convert that fear into power and brilliance.
Too much brilliance has its disadvantages, and misplaced wit may raise a laugh, but often beheads a topic of profound interest.
You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind.
'Tanu Weds Manu's brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.
Opportunities, creative ideas or the lack of them, happiness, frustration, brilliance, talent, success and failure - all are determined by the state of mind that you're in.
It was not the brutality of what occurred next that changed my mind and brought home to me the full meaning of fear. It was the brilliance of it.
The technical brilliance of Lang Lang and the musical genius to create a masterpiece on the spot.
The Latino military fare badly when they stumble into war with the gringos. But in the torture, murder, and massacre of their own people, they have always performed with brilliance and elan.
It is precisely because we resist the darkness in ourselves that we miss the depths of the loveliness, beauty, brilliance, creativity, and joy that lie at our core.
Men are like the stars; some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive.
Success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblances to merit.... They confound the brilliance of the firmament with the star-shaped footprints of a duck in the mud.
I believe that refusing to quit and refusing to fail will trump talent and brilliance in the end.
Brilliance is one part talent, two parts wisdom and three parts passion.
Helping people develop their own brilliance is much more effective than giving them yours
Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating.
The horror genre is vast and full of brilliance. Stephen King, Shirley Jackson, Herman Melville, the book of Esther. I'll happily join that list.
I am the blue-lidded daughter of Sunset; I am the naked brilliance of the voluptuous night-sky.
The art of using moderate abilities to advantage often brings greater results than actual brilliance
Some of my best memories are sitting on my dad's lap, cheering on Olga and Nadia, Carl Lewis and others for their brilliance and perfection.
The moon was a sharply defined crescent and the sky was perfectly clear. The stars shone with such fierce, contained brilliance that it seemed absurd to call the night dark.
I admire some people for their brilliance and I respect others for their strength. But I am indebted to those who can rekindle my spirit.
At fifteen you had the radiance of early morning, at twenty you will begin to have the melancholy brilliance of the moon.
I can't rationalize the brilliance and knowledge that you have about the intricacies of the market with the crazy bullshit I see you do each night.
I'd rather wear jewels in my hair than anywhere else. The face should have the advantage of this brilliance.
The brilliance of Jill Soloway is that while some people will give you Season Two, plus 10%, she's just kicked it.
Among the attributes of God, although they are equal, mercy shines with even more brilliance than justice.
Asanas bring perfection in body, beauty in form, grace, strength, compactness, and the hardness and brilliance of a diamond.
If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?
...like that star of the waning summer who beyond all stars rises bathed in the ocean stream to glitter in brilliance.
Anyone who has watched 'Premam' in theaters would understand the camaraderie between the members on and off the screen and that's what translated to that brilliance.
What is writing, no matter how lavish the pieces, if it says nothing of the truth, cares little for the heart, and is merely subservient to the pleasure of showing one's brilliance.
'Ebony's Power 100 list highlights African-Americans who exemplify brilliance in the fields of entertainment, arts, business and others.
By and large, talent is in such short supply that mediocrity can be taken for brilliance rather more than genius can go undiscovered.
The world has achieved brilliance without conscience. Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants.
Yellow is the brightest and lightest of all colors, and this brilliance is its most noticeable characteristic, which accounts for the way it is used practically and thought of symbolically.
The penetrating brilliance of swords, wielded by followers of the Way, strikes at the evil enemy, lurking deep within, their own souls and bodies.
Your brilliance comes from your spirit. To deny it is arrogance. To accept it is humility.
I don't spend a lot of time watching my performances after the fact. I suck at playing video games, but I'm a fan of the creativity, the brilliance, and the possibility of the industry.
All living creatures are sparks from the radiation of God’s brilliance, emerging from God like the rays of the sun.
The brilliance of Andrew Breitbart is that he has created thousands of Andrew Breitbarts.
The true axis of evil in America is the brilliance of our marketing combined with the stupidity of our people.
European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.
Part of the brilliance of Stieg Larsson's books is that they are so complex, so many different facets coming together.
Drag me to the moon, to catch a star and seize its brilliance as I'm swept up in amorphous dust.
The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
My first book was the most successful debut novel in the U.K. ever and every one of my books has reached number one in the U.K. Clearly the British know brilliance when they see it.
The brilliance of 'Sharknado 2' is it's more of the same - similar formula, more of the experience.
But all the time our warmth and brilliance are right here. This is who we really are. We are one blink of an eye away from being fully awake.
I've learned that I can still be loved if I perform well, and I learned that from the broken brilliance of Matt Hardy.
A collection is, by my lights, a chance to build a universe, an overarching ecosystem. But it's common enough to encounter a hodgepodge instead, where flashes of brilliance are undercut by clunkers.
Whatever that ["transfiguration" by Bob Dylan] means, it's true that the poetic brilliance of the early career would never really reappear.
Planning, evaluation, reasoning and establishing prioritites are all more important than brilliance - either behind the wheel or at the drawing board.
All my films have turned out well only because of the director's brilliance, not because of me.
[Obama is ] creative imagination which coupled with brilliance equals wisdom . . . [He is] the man for this time.
The brilliance of art as a collectible is that it has a way of reaching out on an emotional level. It touches on mystery, even spirituality.
I've had moments of brilliance but on my busier weeks when I haven't had my practice regime, it is hard-work.
I saw "Follies" again at thirty, and you know, I had this great appreciation for [Stephen] Sondheim's brilliance, his lyrics.
There is true color, there is nature without exaggeration, without forced brilliance! He is exact.
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