Talent is what you possess; genius is what possesses you.
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A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man.
quote by Isaac Stern
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There are people who possess not so much genius as a certain talent for perceiving the desires of the century, or even of the decade, before it has done so itself.
quote by Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Talk not of genius baffled, Genius is master of man. Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
quote by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1860)
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It is not because the touch of genius has roused genius to production, but because the admiration of genius has made talent ambitious, that the harvest is still so abundant.
quote by Margaret Fuller
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Possessiveness
Every inch of yours
is mine.
Every breath of yours
is mine.
Every space of yours
is mine.
Every move of yours
is mine.
I'm possessiveness
personified!
I need you, own you,
have you, possess you.
Every moment of your life,
all your time...is all mine!
Possessiveness
possesses me...
They say: detachment
is the best policy.
So here I go...
Let me renounce the world
to remain attached to thee!
Possessiveness owns me.
They say: remain aloof
to get detached. Separate
and go your own ways.
What they don't know is
Attachment has nothing
to do with proximity....
Even if you are far across
the seven continents
and the seven seas...
You'll never be able to
disown me!
I'm attached to you.
So are you, to me...
We are partners in possessiveness!
Every smell of yours
I possess
as if like a fragrance
I emanate from thee...
Every sight of yours
I possess, as if
in your eyes, you only
see me...
Possessiveness
possesses us...
like partners in fantasy.
This divine attraction
is the culmination of
love's orgasmic ecstasy!
poem by Aparna Chatterjee
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Love and possessiveness
To love is to possess
But to possess is not to love.
To possess is a persistent calyx
That stays after the love’s exit.
Young couple loves each other.
The aged couple possesses each other.
03.05.2009
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
quote by Calvin Coolidge
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Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
quote by Calvin Coolidge
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Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.
quote by Rod Serling
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We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
quote by Mark Twain
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Why A Genius Is So Rare?
Why a genius is so rare?
Because it’s needed time and luck for that person to find his true talent
It is needed chance and hard work to explore his hidden talent
It is needed good and understanding to accept his unique talent
poem by Maria Sudibyo
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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
quote by Henri Frederic Amiel
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Doing easily what others find difficult is talent doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
quote by Henri-Frederic Amiel
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God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.
quote by Anna Pavlova
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He does not possess wealth it possesses him.
quote by Benjamin Franklin
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He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
quote by Benjamin Franklin
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God's way
god's way
the worst boy in the class
today's world genius
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Everyone has a talent.
What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude
and to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.
poem by John Tiong Chunghoo
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To Shine Under The Sky
To possess a figure
Is not so important
As to reveals one’s parts
To become an actress.
To possess a talent
Is not so important
As to fund the promoter
To become popular.
poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar
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Hidden Talent
There's no talent as hidden
that you've been hiding -
a talent that you hide
is an ability that you possess
It's better to say
it is undiscovered skill
unexplored yet
ready to show:
I'll show you
in unconditional time
poem by Rommelmarkmarchan Best Poems
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To do easily what is difficult for others is the mark of talent. To do what is impossible for talent is the mark of genius.
quote by Henri Frederic Amiel
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