"Skills are common. Talent is rare."

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Source : Colin Clark (2011). “My Week with Marilyn”, p.157, Weinstein Books

Colin Clark

#Skills Quotes #Common Quotes #Talent Quotes

“The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.”
“This is a time in my life where I'm gonna behave like an elegant human being. Or not.”

Source : "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me: Tribeca Review" by David Rooney, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 19, 2013.
“Language is a living thing. We can feel it changing. Parts of it become old: they drop off and are forgotten. New pieces bud out, spread into leaves, and become big branches, proliferating.”
“Never mind that the story had turned out to be lies and foolishnessâ€”there was always folks stupid enough to say, Where there's smoke there's fire, when the saying should have been, Where there's scandalous lies there's always malicious believers and spreaders-around, regardless of evidence.”
“We sing because we can't speak anymore.”

Source : Interview with Devin Faraci, www.chud.com. April 27, 2006.
“My mother used to have a shop in which she offered very colorful clothes. I liked that from my early days on.”
“I would say I'm pretty well at ease with my sexuality, but I'm an individual before I am a female.”
“I want Obama to have to weigh in on Ben Affleck as Batman. It's about time Obama went to work.”

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