"I don't have a lot of respect for talent. Talent is genetic. It's what you do with it that counts."

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Source : Martin Ritt, Gabriel Miller (2003). “Martin Ritt: Interviews”, p.204, Univ. Press of Mississippi

Martin Ritt

#Genius Quotes #Talent Quotes

“We need people from all around the world. We need entrepreneurs, we need students that we're educating in our schools that we then throw out and we should make sure they can stay here. If we don't have the new flux of immigrants, nobody's going to create the jobs for the Americans who are currently out of work.”
“The baby will talk when he talks, relax. It ain't like he knows the cure for cancer and just ain't spitting it out.”

Source : Justin Halpern (2010). “Shit My Dad Says”, p.134, Pan Macmillan
“I am not an enthusiast for diversity of opinion where facts are concerned.”
“I couldn't cut up a frog, and I certainly couldn't perform surgery. I'm better at making it possible for other people.”
“I knew what normalcy was, and I wasn't having it.”

Source : "'Diff'rent Strokes' actor Gary Coleman dies at 42" by Todd Leopold, www.cnn.com. May 28, 2010.
“If The World Does Not Change Course, We Risk Self-Destruction.”

Source : "Saving Ourselves From Self-Destruction" by Mohamed ElBaradei, www.nytimes.com. February 12, 2004.
“Most people carry an ideal man and woman in their head, and when the practical relations of the men and women of every day are discussed with reference only to these impossible ideals, we need not marvel at any ridiculous conclusions.”
“The day is coming when, in 45 seconds, you can download a movie.”

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