“Sylvia Day delivers readers to a fantasy world as unique as it is erotic! Ms. Day is an up-and-coming talent in the world of erotic fiction. [on Pleasures of the Night ]” WorldNightPleasureFictionFantasyTalentReaderUniqueEroticFantasy Worlds Author:Toni Blake
“On sheer ability, Mario is good enough to win scoring titles with a broken stick. On pure talent, he's the best there is. But Wayne almost never disappoints you. He comes to work every night.” EnoughNightWinningAbilityTalentBrokenPureSticksTitlesGood EnoughEvery NightSheerNhlDisappointWayneMario Author:Bobby Orr
“It seems like I always had to work harder than other people. Those nights when everybody else is asleep, and you sit in your room trying to play scales. I just wonder where I was when the talent was being given out, like George Benson, Kenny Burrell, Eric Clapton ... oh, there's many more! I wouldn't want to be like them, you understand, but I'd like to be equal, if you will.” PeopleIfsWantTryingPlaySeemsNightGivenRoomsWonderTalentHard WorkEqualHarderScalesWork HarderEricYour RoomKenny Author:B. B. King
“You know, I never knew if I had any talent when I started in this business. My first job was being a page at The Tonight Show. I saw Jack Paar come out one night and sit on the edge of his desk and talk about what hed done the night before. I thought, I can do that! I used to do that on a street corner in the Bronx with all my buddies.” IfsKnowsFirstsI CanDoneShowsJobsUsedNightCan DoSawsStreetsTalentPagesEdgesCornersTonightDesksBuddyOne NightBronxStreet Corners Author:Regis Philbin
“The firefly is an unassuming insect in the daytime. If you didn't know what it was, you'd think it was nothing special. But at night, the firefly glows with its own light source. The darkness brings out its most beautiful gift. That's an extraordinary talent for an ordinary-looking creature, isn't it?” IfsThinkingKnowsLightBeautifulNightDarknessSpecialTalentSourceCreaturesOrdinaryExtraordinaryInsectsDaytimeFireflyUnassuming Book:Rainshadow Road Source: Rainshadow Road
“As I was growing up, I did a lot of talent shows. I won fifteen Sunday nights straight in a series of talent shows in Macon. I showed up the sixteenth night, and they wouldn't let me go on any more. Whatever success I had was through the help of the good Lord.” HelpingShowsNightLordGrowing UpGrowingTalentGoes OnLet MeSeriesSundayFifteenLet Me GoSunday NightTalent Show Author:Otis Redding
“By and large I think art is made by people who have discipline married to talent in sufficiently large amounts to work even if they don't feel like it. Anybody can get maudlin and decide to write poetry at 11 at night; the question is, can you do it at 8:30 on a Monday morning..?” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsWritingArtMadeNightMorningTalentAmountDisciplineMarriedArt IsMondayMonday Morning Author:Clive Barker
“A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that you can start at 9 o'clock, look up from your work and it's 10 o'clock at night.” LooksNightLosesDealsTalentCombinationClockLook UpLosing YourselfSomething You Love Author:George Lucas
“We've all seen talented young players who get to a certain level but there comes a point where that talent will only take you so far. The great players go away and work on extra things. They work harder on their skills, they start having early nights and they think about their diet and training. That is what takes them to the next level.” ThinkingYoungNightCertainNextLevelsPlayerTalentHard WorkSkillsTrainingHarderDietsExtrasGoing AwayWork HarderNext Level Author:Warren Gatland
“Everybody has talent and it's just a matter of moving around until you've discovered what it is. A talent is a combination of something you love a great deal and something you can lose yourself in - something that you can start at 9 o'clock, look up from your work and it's 10 o'clock at night - and also something that you have a talent, not a talent for, but skills that you have a natural ability to do very well. And usually those two things go together.” WellsLooksTwoMatterTogetherMovingNightLosesNaturalAbilityDealsTalentSkillsCombinationClockLook UpTwo ThingsLosing YourselfSomething You LoveNatural Ability Author:George Lucas
“Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.” PeopleGivingMaySaidEnoughSchoolNightTeacherTalentCollegeGiving UpHigh SchoolCraftsGood EnoughDon't Give UpHad EnoughNot Good EnoughHoning Author:Lea Michele