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Letter "G" » gifted
«When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.»
«We are all gifted. That is our inheritance.»
«we must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained»
«When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, it is ready to climb.»
«Yes, I heard my people singing!--in the glow of parlor coal-stove and on summer porches sweet with lilac air, from choir loft and Sunday morning pews--and my soul was filled with their harmonies. Then, too, I heard these songs in the very sermons of my father, for in the Negro's speech there is much of the phrasing and rhythms of folk-song. The great, soaring gospels we love are merely sermons that are sung; and as we thrill to such gifted gospel singers as Mahalia Jackson, we hear the rhythmic eloquence of our preachers, so many of whom, like my father, are masters of poetic speech.»
Author: Paul Robeson
(Activist, Actor, Singer)
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«Works of art are all that survive of incredibly gifted people.»
«The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude. Attitude is the criterion for success»
«When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
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«Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacities. She has the right to participate in the minutest details in the activities of man, and she has an equal right of freedom and liberty with him.»
«Woman is the companion of man, gifted with equal mental capacity.»
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