Eric HofferWe are told that talent creates its own opportunities. But it sometimes seems that intense desire creates not only its own opportunities but its own talents.
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If we truly want something, we will find a way to get it. Talent and desire aren’t the same thing at all. Talent is what you were born with while desire is what inspires you to want it. It’s never about talent or not having talent; it’s about perseverance and desire.
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