“Feminism … I think the simplest explanation, and one that captures the idea, is a song that Marlo Thomas sang, 'Free to be You and Me.' Free to be, if you were a girl—doctor, lawyer, Indian chief. Anything you want to be. And if you’re a boy, and you like teaching, you like nursing, you would like to have a doll, that’s OK too. That notion that we should each be free to develop our own talents, whatever they may be, and not be held back by artificial barriers—manmade barriers, certainly not heaven sent.” IfsThinkingWantShouldMayIdeasSongGirlHeavenBoysFeminismTeachingTalentDoctorsNotionLawyerChiefsIndianExplanationBarriersCaptureBe YouArtificialSimplestNursingDollsHeaven SentIndian Chief Author:Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Too high an appreciation of our own talents is the chief cause why experience preaches to us all in vain.” CausesTalentExperienceAppreciationChiefsVain Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan
“My chief gifts are - naturally good at all sports with a raw talent for pretty much everything, which if nurtured could develop into improper talent.” IfsSportsTalentChiefsRaw Talent Author:Michael Sheen
“He who, in an enlightened and literary society, aspires to be a great poet, must first become a little child. He must take to pieces the whole web of his mind. He must unlearn much of that knowledge which has perhaps constituted hitherto his chief title to superiority. His very talents will be a hindrance to him.” MindFirstsChildrenLittlesWholePoetryPiecesTalentPoetChiefsTitlesEnlightenedAspireSuperiorityHindranceGreat PoetUnlearn Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“I loved the Disney films, and Sterling Holloway was one of their chief talents. He never had to put on a voice, and that's what Mike [Mitchell] and I encourage. I love the voices that have a unique texture, but it's their real voice.” RealFilmVoiceTalentUniqueChiefsMikeTextureSterlingDisney Film Author:Walt Dohrn
“Give me a dozen healthy infants, well-formed, and my own specified world to bring them up in and I'll guarantee to take any one at random and train him to become any type of specialist I might select - doctor, lawyer, artist, merchant-chief and, yes, even beggar-man and thief, regardless of his talents, penchants, tendencies, abilities, vocations, and race of his ancestors.” MenWorldGivingWellsMightArtistMy OwnAbilityRaceTalentTypeHealthyDoctorsGive MeTrainLawyerTendenciesChiefsGuaranteesDozenAncestorThievesVocationInfantSelectBeggarMerchantsSpecialists Author:John B. Watson