“I myself have not met a self‐confessed liberal since the late fifties (and even then it was a tacky thing to admit, like coming from the middle class or the Middle West, those two gloomy seedbeds of talent), yet hardly a day passes that I don't read another attack on the “typical liberal” — as it might be announcing a pest of dinosaurs or a plague of unicorns.” TwoSelfMightClassMiddleTalentMetsLateWestMiddle ClassTypicalPlagueDinosaursGloomyUnicornAnnouncingPestsTacky Author:Wilfrid Sheed
“A girl in the middle years also becomes more centered in her soul-life, the feelings of her heart, and she needs our guidance to learn to express her uniqueness, those small seeds that will someday sprout into gifts, talents, and resources.” NeedsYearsHeartSoulFeelingsGirlMiddleTalentResourcesSeedsGuidanceSomedayUniquenessSproutsSoul Life Book:Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman Source: Raising a Daughter: Parents and the Awakening of a Healthy Woman
“When I visit schools and talk to students about writing, I give them one word of advice and I give it to them quickly and loudly-FINISH! Starting something is easier than finishing it. You must have discipline to go from a few sentences, to a few paragraphs, to a piece of writing that has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Finishing something bridges the difference between someone who has talent and one who does not. My best advice? Apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair-and finish. FINISH!” GivingWritingDoeEndsSchoolDifferencesPiecesMiddleAdviceTalentStudentsDisciplineEasierStartingSentencesBridgesSeatsChairsPantsOne WordFinishingParagraphBest AdviceWords Of AdviceFinishing It Author:E. L. Konigsburg
“My middle name really is perseverance. I've always believed that I had talent, even when I felt like a very inferior sort of person, which I spent a lot of time living my life feeling that I wasn't worthy. But even then I knew that I had something special, and maybe that's what it takes. Maybe people need to have that kind of particular core driving them. But I felt I had talent.” PeopleNeedsKindPersonsFeelingsNamesFeltMiddleSpecialTalentParticularPerseveranceWorthyDrivingCoreInferiorsLiving My LifeAlways BelieveSomething Special Author:Rita Moreno
“Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or a middle-aged woman because they never get their shot. There's so much talent there.” ProcessBlackMiddleTalentShotsLatinPoolBlack WomenCastingMiddle AgedLatin Women Author:Jenji Kohan
“There are people at the extremes who aren't able to do anything musically, and then others sort of fall in the middle. And the same thing with math, and the same thing with art. You'll find people who are geniuses, or prodigies at the far end of the bell shaped curve, and I think you will find some of the acquired savants in that category who happened to have been endowed with that kind of talent, which explains why not everyone becomes an acquired savant.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensArtEndsAbleFallHappenedMiddleTalentGeniusExtremesMathWhy NotCategoriesBellsCurvesProdigiesSavants Author:Darold Treffert
“We are blessed to grow up in a country that is the world's leader. We are blessed to be some of the most well-educated Black persons anywhere to be found in the world. This education and talent can be used in a friendly relationship with Africa, the Middle East, the Caribbean and Asia to develop the wealth and resources of these nations. The friendship of us with our kith and kin around the world would cause both sides to benefit exponentially, based upon how well we develop these relationships.” WorldWellsPersonsCountryUsedFoundNationsGrowsCausesSidesBlackWealthLeaderGrowing UpMiddleTalentBenefitsResourcesBlessedEastEducatedAround The WorldFriendlyMiddle EastAsiaBoth SidesCaribbeanWell EducatedBlack Person Author:Louis Farrakhan