“The market is ridiculously overcrowded with early stage investors. This results in a talent drain, where the best talent gets diffused and work for their own startups.” ResultsStageTalentInvestorsDrains Author:Sean Parker
“One may not always know his purpose until his only option is to monopolize in what he truly excels at. He grows weary of hearing the answer 'no' time and time again, so he turns to and cultivates, monopolizes in his one talent which others cannot possibly subdue. Then, beyond the crowds of criticism and rejection, the right people recognize his talent - among them he finds his stage.” PeopleKnowsMayPurposeTurnsGrowsAnswersStageTalentCriticismCrowdsHearingRejectionBullyingWeary Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I think where Playground is heading is deeper into that marriage between stage, film and television, with the increasing number of people in the film business working in television, obviously something that we were very influential in starting and doing at HBO. And I think that that's the focus of where I see the company moving forward, continuing to explore that intersection of all that talent.” PeopleThinkingFilmMovingNumbersCompanyFocusStageTalentTelevisionStartingDeeperMoving ForwardContinuingInfluentialHeadingsPlaygroundsIntersectionsHboFilm And Television Author:Colin Callender
“Getting up on stage and being able to make people feel like their lives are slightly more special than they realize is my only talent, so that's what I use. I use my talent.” PeopleFeelsUseAbleRealizingSpecialStageTalent Author:Torquil Campbell
“I built stages and I did stage management - I think I built the sets twice, I happened to be good with a drill, which is a talent I didn't know I had.” ThinkingKnowsHappenedStageTalentBuiltManagementBe GoodDrills Author:Gwendoline Christie
“I sat down and wrote some jokes and went to the talent show, got up on stage, fell in love with it and never turned back.” ShowsStageTalentJokesDown AndSatTalent Show Author:Wanda Sykes
“If they [the crowd at The Apollo Theater] don't like you, they will let you know. When you didn't have any talent, they would let you know about it -- and not kindly. There'd be things like "Get off the stage!" and certain expletives we won't say here. It was a rough audience.” IfsKnowsCertainAudienceStageTalentLike YouTheaterCrowdsRoughApolloExpletives Author:Don Alias
“We are devastated to learn of the death of Alexander McQueen, one of the greatest talents of his generation. He brought a uniquely British sense of daring and aesthetic fearlessness to the global stage of fashion. In such a short career, Alexander McQueen's influence was astonishing - from street style, to music culture and the world's museums. His passing marks an insurmountable loss.” WorldCultureLossCareersGenerationsInfluenceStreetsStageTalentFashionStyleMarkBritishPassingPassingsMuseumsAestheticDaringAstonishingFearlessnessDevastatedInsurmountableMcqueenMusic Culture Author:Anna Wintour
“I think if you really put your mind to something you can do it. Five and a half years ago I couldn't stand on stage and play guitar. I didn't have enough talent as a kid to play guitar. I started really late. I hired a guitar teacher when I was in Nashville and I applied myself and stayed focused.” IfsThinkingYearsMindEnoughPlayKidsCan DoHalfFiveTeacherStageTalentLateYears AgoGuitarFocusedYou Can Do ItNashvilleHalf A Year Author:Jimmy Wayne
“I'm sure some people might be offended by that, but this is my feeling about show business. It's not all about pure talent. There are certain people who command a stage because they look good ,like me.” PeopleLooksShowsFeelingsMightCertainStageTalentPureLike MeCommandOffendedShow Business Author:Howard Stern
“One day, when I was about eight years old, some kids pushed me on stage at school during a talent show because they knew I could sing.” YearsShowsKidsSchoolStageTalentOne DayEightTalent Show Author:Mavis Staples
“Hemingway is a baby when he turns up in Paris, but he's an ambitious baby. And he has the talent. And he's there to stage his breakthrough. So many of the expats who were there at that time were there to do precisely that. It was an ambition-fueled town.” TurnsStageTalentBabyAmbitionTownsParisAmbitiousBreakthroughExpats Author:Lesley M. M. Blume
“Boundaries are shifting between work and the rest of life for men and for women at different life stages. Work is becoming home and home is becoming work. The progressive CEOs who grasp this emergent reality and adjust to embrace it will be at a competitive advantage in the marketplace for talent.” MenDifferentHomeRealityStageTalentBecomingAdvantageEmbraceBoundariesComing HomeProgressiveCeoShiftingMarketplaceCompetitive AdvantageDifferent LifeRest Of Life Author:Stewart D. Friedman
“My daughter [Ariana], she's a sweet, lovely girl, but she doesn't have the drive or the belief in herself. As it says in the film, I get touched up thinking about it, no one can give you a career. You have to have that inner drive. She wants it, but she doesn't know how to go for it, she's too shy. To see her perform and come on stage and feel comfortable, you know, she has talent - that was very touching, very moving, for me. She has a really beautiful sound and voice. She's a young girl still, 26, and innocent. She was kind of sheltered.” ThinkingKnowsWantGivingFeelsKindStillsBeautifulFilmMovingYoungGirlBeliefSoundVoiceCareersKnow HowStageTalentSweetComfortableDaughterLovelyInnocentTouchedShyMy DaughterTouchingSweet LoveReally BeautifulVery MovingLovely Girl Author:Robert Davi
“I try to treat all my fans as if they're the stars, and make them feel as important as they make me feel. A lot of times I'll pull them on stage to help me sing songs. I wouldn't have my house, my fame or my career without them voting for me and appreciating this talent that God blessed me with. I just want to share it every day.” IfsWantFeelsTryingImportantHelpingSongHouseStarsCareersShareFansStageTalentFameAppreciateTreatsBlessedHelp MeVotingGod Bless Author:Landau Eugene Murphy Jr.