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Natural Gifts Quotes

To read is not a virtue; but to read well is an art, and an art that only the born reader can acquire. The gift of reading is no exception to the rule that all natural gifts need to be cultivated by practice and discipline; but unless the innate aptitude exist the training will be wasted. It is the delusion of the mechanical reader to think that intentions may take the place of aptitude. Edith Wharton
Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that. Aretha Franklin
Which natural gift would you most like to possess? The ability to master other languages (which would have hugely enhanced the scope of these answers). How would you like to die? Fully conscious, and either fighting or reciting (or fooling around). What do you most dislike about your appearance? The way in which it makes former admirers search for neutral words. Christopher Hitchens
Ignore how it feels when the only real talent you have is for hidding the truth. You have a God-given knack for commiting a terrible sin. It's your calling. You have a natural gift for denial. A blessing. Chuck Palahniuk
Marilyn Monroe quote: "We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity..."
We are all born sexual creatures, thank God, but it's a pity so many people despise and crush this natural gift. Marilyn Monroe
You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist. Tom Stoppard
I have written this because it may have escaped the notice of many who have admired her [Marie Tempest] brilliant performances that they are due not only to her natural gifts...but to patience, assiduity, industry and discipline. Without these it is impossible to excel in any of the arts. W. Somerset Maugham
I wasn't naturally gifted in terms of size and speed; everything I did in hockey I worked for, and that's the way I'll be as a coach. Wayne Gretzky
All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else. Plato
Bernie Worrell quote: "I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent."
I was born with a natural gift. My mother recognized the talent. Bernie Worrell
Arnold Palmer quote: "Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the..."
Putting is like wisdom - partly a natural gift and partly the accumulation of experience. Arnold Palmer
Quintilian quote: "Without natural gifts technical rules are useless."
Without natural gifts technical rules are useless. Quintilian
Michael East quote: "It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've..."
It is a natural gift I was born with but it's something I've had to nurture in training. Michael East
Michael Chabon quote: "But the boy had a gift. And it was in the nature of a gift..."
But the boy had a gift. And it was in the nature of a gift that it be endlessly given. Michael Chabon
...life is a gift bestowed without anyone asking for it; that the thinking person has a philosophical duty to examine both the nature of life and the conditions it comes with; and that if this person decides to renounce the gift no one asks for, it is the moral and human duty to act on the consequences of that decision. Julian Barnes

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