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I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I don't know what it does to you, I don't really know.

— Eric Clapton

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

There's that saying: 'God gave you talent, and if you don't use it He'll take it away from you.' And I always said, 'I don't want God to come down and take my talents away.' So, by using all these talents and being successful in all of them, I've always got something to fall back on.

— Missy Elliott

Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.

— Leo Buscaglia

Why has God given me such magnificent talent? It is a curse as well as a great blessing.

— Albrecht Durer

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

— Rod Serling

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

— Sidney Sheldon

Obviously talent gets you to a certain point, but it's what you do with it, how you handle.

— Brett Favre

The reason I've gotten so far has to do with an extraordinary talent that I had nothing to do with.

— Shelly Burch

It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.

— Barry Bonds

Don't let anything but your talent affect your success.

— Jillian Mayer

God gives talent. Work transforms talent into genius.

— Anna Pavlova

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