“To be sure, [NASCAR] stars were initially ex-bootleggers for the most part drawn from that talent pool in the Carolinas hills: "good ol' boys" as they referred to themselves. That's exactly how they would be described in the press that slowly became enamored with their raucous life style. That has all changed, with the drivers of today polished and clean-cut athletes who are expected to behave like commercial puppets in public.” Would BeTodayStarsBoysCuttingTalentStyleChangedPressesCleanAthleteExpectedHillsBehaveDriversPoolExesPuppetsCarolinaPolishedEnamoredLife StyleNascar Author:Brock Yates
“Yesterday morning I amused myself with an exercise of a talent I once possessed, but have so neglected that my performance might almost be called an experiment. I cut out a dress for one of the women.” MightMorningCuttingTalentExercisePerformancesDressesYesterdayExperimentsPossessedNeglectedAmused Book:Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 Source: Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839
“Discipline and constant work are the whetstones upon which the dull knife of talent is honed until it becomes sharp enough, hopefully, to cut through even the toughest meat and gristle.” EnoughCuttingTalentDisciplineConstantHopefullyMeatDullKnives Book:Danse Macabre Source: Danse Macabre
“Talent is a dreadfully cheap commodity, cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work and study; a constant process of honing. Talent is a dull knife that will cut nothing unless it is wielded with great force.” HardIndividualForceProcessWorkStudySuccessfulCuttingTalentHard WorkTablesConstantDullKnivesSaltCommodityCheaperHoning Book:Danse Macabre Source: Danse Macabre
“We always cut our poetical theories to suit our talent.” PoetryCuttingTalentTheorySuits Author:Madame de Stael