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“A book becomes a mirror, with the author's face shining over it. Talent only gives an imperfect image,--the broken glimmer of a countenance. But the features of genius remain unruffled. Time guards the shadow. Beauty, the spiritual, Venus,--whose children are the Tassos, the Spensers, the Bacons,--breathes, the magic of her love, and fixes the face forever.”

Giving Children Book Faces Spiritual Forever Magic Talent Broken Genius Shadow Mirrors Shining Breathe Features Over It Imperfect Countenance Venus Spenser

Author:Robert Aris Willmott

“Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.”

Men Lying Quality Talent Succeed Shining Faults

Book:Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon, Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think

“I will not be afraid to let my talent shine.”

Author:Ani DiFranco

“Second-rate knowledge, and middling talents, carry a man farther at courts, and in the busy part of the world, than superior knowledge and shining parts.”

Men World Knowledge Talent Court Shining Rate Busy Superiors Second Rate

Book:The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

Source: The Works of Lord Chesterfield: Including His Letters to His Son, Etc : to which is Prefixed, an Original Life of the Author

“... it is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.”

Men Soul Race Principles Talent Human Nature Color He Man Genius Skins Shining Brilliant Wit Brightness

Book:Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches

Source: Maria W. Stewart, America's First Black Woman Political Writer: Essays and Speeches

“Candle needs darkness to show his talents. Good shines only beside the bad; it will disappear when the bad disappears. Where there is no darkness, candle is forgotten.”

Needs Shows Darkness Talent Shining Forgotten Disappear Candle

Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan

“I think when you add a layer of competition, I think that adds something to it as well. It's also fun to see people who have talent given a platform and an opportunity to shine and an opportunity to become recognized for what they do.”

People Thinking Wells Opportunity Given Fun Talent Add Competition Shining Layers Platforms

Author:Dan Cutforth

“It takes a lot of pressure off you just to go out and play, and your talent sometimes shines even more when you don't worry about individual stuff.”

Sometimes Play Individual Stuff Worry Talent Pressure Shining

Author:Alex Rodriguez

“I'm having a blast using the gifts and talents that God has given me as a platform to minister to people and love them and shine the light that He wants me to shine.”

People Want Light Given Talent And Love Shining Ministers Want Me Platforms Blast Gifts And Talents He Wants Me

Author:Christian Hosoi

“I think that the thing that holds so many of us back is our fear that we might fail, and I think we lose an incredible amount of talent and energy and enthusiasm that way. So I think, since I'm kind of a shining example of losing, that it's important for me to show that it's OK to lose, that I'm still so happy that I entered the fight, that I fought for something that mattered to me and that I gave voice to it and I made it part of the conversation. I want young women to know that it is OK to fail - it's not OK to stay home. It's not OK to not try.”

Thinking Trying Kind Important Home Fighting Energy Failing Talent Losing Shining Incredibles Enthusiasm I Want You Young Women

Author:Wendy Davis