"Having talent isn't merely about being competent; confidence is actually a part of that talent."

-- Claire Shipman

#Confidence Quotes #Talent Quotes

“Mathematics is the summit of human thinking. It has all the creativity and imagination that you can find in all kinds of art, but unlike art-charlatans and all kinds of quacks will not succeed there.”
“I guess they have to label someone the sexiest person in the world, and it is always someone who is on telly even if itâ€™s the weatherman. For a couple of years it was me and then it was someone else. Itâ€™s nicer being the sexiest man than the most ugly man. I live with it, and I donâ€™t mind it, but I donâ€™t go around with a big smile on my face everyday.”
“To be a catalyst is one of my life's objectives. I've been inspired by many people who in turn have been catalysts. It's very interesting to see the waves of interest come and go in Celtic territory. If I can be a catalyst for other people, that's wonderful.”

Source : "Times of Discovery". Interview with Anil Prasad, www.innerviews.org. 1991.
“Transformation literally means going beyond your form.”
“In a hundred years, how do you want the world to be? Everybody should get together to make the world a better place.”

Source : "The model of perfection". CNN Interview, edition.cnn.com. June 11, 2007.
“I'm sure the movie industry is going up but I would love to see more Chinese films about contemporary Chinese about the problems of life on the street.”
“I think of fear as a survival function, and in the stories that I write, the only thing that I've tried to do is provide people with nightmares which are really safe places to put those fears for a while because you can say afterwards that uh, that, that well it was all just make-believe anyway, so I just took my emotions for a walk.”
“The more survival skills an individual has that have been practiced physically and otherwise, the better odds they have for those skills coming to the forefront during a stressful emergency.”

Source : Cody Lundin (2011). “98. 6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

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