"Talent is a wonderful thing, but it won't carry a quitter."

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Source : Stephen King (2008). “Duma Key: A Novel”, p.559, Simon and Schuster

Stephen King

#Motivational Quotes #Talent Quotes

“She looked at me for real and saw I was serious. She saw I knew she was for me like you know that tomorrow morning the sun will rise.”
“All the learning in the world cannot replace instinct.”
“My goal in this music business is to be here as long as I'm alive. I want my music to be here. I want to be the Michael Jackson and the Prince of hip-hop. I want to be a legend. I want to change the world. I want to give them songs that mean something.”
“The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them.”

Source : Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.708
“Never take more out of life, than you intend to give back.”
“I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.”
“I think that's how you have to make films. You can't try to imitate or repeat. You have to make your own thing, tell the story that is in your own heart.”
“Polite and velvety leaders, who take care to avoid bruising others, are generally not as effective at forcing change.”

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