“He that gives a portion of his time and talent to the investigation of mathematical truth, will come to all other questions with a decided advantage over his opponents.” GivingTalentAdvantageDecidedMathematicsMathematicalOpponentsPortionsInvestigation 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
“I won a scholarship to come to LA and compete in a modeling and talent completion and was amazed when I won it. I had never acted before in my life and won the acting category. I began to wonder what this is about and then decided to see what happened.” ActingWonderHappenedTalentDecidedCategoriesAmazedModelingScholarshipCompletion Author:Eva Longoria
“I never decided to become an art forger. I was aware of my talent at an early age, and I used it foolishly. This developed over the years. In my heart, I don't see myself as a criminal.” YearsHeartArtAgeUsedTalentMy HeartDecidedCriminals Author:Wolfgang Beltracchi
“Well I was about to be expelled from school, I had been arrested and a teacher said: "Why don't you try acting, instead of distracting the class? Why don't you use your comic talent for something more productive?" My maths teacher suggested I do comedy and I decided to have a go. I pursued it after that. I was about 17.” TryingWellsSaidUseSchoolActingClassComedyTeacherTalentDecidedMathComicProductivePursuedArrestedMath Teacher Author:John Leguizamo
“I wanted to be a musician but I didn't have the talent for it, so I decided I wanted to be famous, so I became an actor.” WantedActorsTalentMusicianDecided Author:Anthony Hopkins
“I decided to start my own label because so many people with talent come to me wanting to know how they can get in the music business.” PeopleKnowsMy OwnKnow HowTalentDecidedLabelsMusic Business Author:Mary J. Blige
“In the Miss America system talent is worth 50 percent of a contestant's points so my mom encouraged me to give it a try. And once I decided to do it, like anything else, I gave it 110 percent.” GivingTryingAmericaTalentMissingMomPercentDecidedMy MomContestantsMiss America Author:Gretchen Carlson