“we are far too used to the assumption that poetry and poets will be there when we want them, no matter how long they have been ignored, taken for granted, misused. After all, isn't poetry a form of prophecy, and aren't prophets known for their talent for flourishing in inhospitable deserts and other bleak surroundings? Maybe. But maybe not indefinitely.” WantLongHas BeensMatterFormUsedPoetryKnownTakenTalentPoetGrantedDesertProphetAssumptionProphecyIgnoredSurroundingsBleakFlourishingTaken For GrantedMisused Book:A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism Source: A movement of poets: thoughts on poetry and feminism
“During my participation in the Manhattan Project and subsequent research at Los Alamos, encompassing a period of fifteen years, I worked in the company of perhaps the greatest collection of scientific talent the world has ever known.” WorldYearsCompanyKnownTalentPeriodsProjectsResearchCollectionsFifteenParticipationManhattanFifteen YearsManhattan Project Author:Frederick Reines
“Encased in talent like a uniform, The rank of every poet is well known; They can amaze us like a thunderstorm, Or die so young, or live for years alone.” YearsWellsYoungDiesKnownTalentPoetUniformsWell KnownThunderstorm Author:W. H. Auden
“There are any number of models artists can use to profit off of their talent and artistry. It is not up to the state to protect them from competition. Musicians can obviously get paid for performing and having their music copied and "pirated" helps them in this respect by making them more well known, more popular.” WellsStatesHelpingUseArtistNumbersKnownTalentProtectMusicianModelsPaidCompetitionProfitPerformingWell KnownArtistry Author:Stephan Kinsella
“For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public images to a degree.” KnownTalentDegreesPerformancesCastingPublic Image Author:Jen McGowan
“Of course performing talent, that's clear. Maybe this is not so well-known among young people who are interested in music, who are talented in music, but they're trying to figure out how to go about it.” PeopleTryingWellsYoungCoursesKnownClearTalentFiguresPerformingWell Known Author:Esa-Pekka Salonen
“I have known a handful of producers who actually were equal or superior to the writers with whom they worked. These producers were a new kind of nonwriting writer hatched by the movies - as Australia produced wingless birds. They wrote without pencils or even words. Using a sort of mime-like talent, they could make up things like writers.” KindKnownTalentEqualBirdSuperiorsProducersAustraliaPencilsHandfulMime Author:Ben Hecht
“Some of the parables that Matthew records and that Jesus delivered as part of his Olivet Discourse-such as the ten virgins and their lamps or the servants and the talents they were given-are some of the best known of Jesus' teachings. Reading them in the context of his prophecies about the end of the world, however, makes them clearly parables of preparation. To be on his right hand with his "sheep" rather than at his left hand with the "goats" at his return, we must prepare ourselves now.” WorldEndsHandsReadingJesusLeftGivenKnownRecordsTeachingTalentReturnTenPreparationServantSheepProphecyDiscourseVirginsLampsEnd Of The WorldGoatsMatthewParablesLeft Hand Author:Eric D. Huntsman
“The hedge fund known as "Long Term Capital Management" collapsed last fall through overconfidence in its highly leveraged methods, despite I.Q.'s of its principals that must have averaged 160. Smart people aren't exempt from professional disasters from overconfidence. Often, they just run aground in the more difficult voyages they choose, relying on their self-appraisals that they have superior talents and methods.” PeopleLongSelfRunningLastsFallDifficultTermKnownTalentSmartManagementMethodDisasterSuperiorsDespiteLong TermFundPrincipalVoyagesSmart PeopleAppraisalHedge FundOverconfidence Author:Charlie Munger
“Some people seem to have extreme natural wiring - a talent that seems to come out of nowhere. Like a music savant or prodigy. The uplifting news, though, is that many talented people don't have such natural wiring - but they forge a talent through thousands of hours of what's known as deliberate practice or deliberate performance.” PeopleSeemsHoursNaturalKnownPracticeTalentNewsPerformancesExtremesUpliftingDeliberateProdigiesWiringSavantsDeliberate Practice Author:Kevin Maney