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At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that fear compelled me to fight off anything that might abet it.

— Gordon Parks

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I don't know if I discovered I had any talent. It was dogged persistence. I had to have the music.

— Bob Weir

The thing about talent is that it comes at different ages, sometimes at a very early age. That's when I find it to be the most challenging.

— Itzhak Perlman

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

— Jillian Mayer

I have been aware, from the age of 6, that I had talent.

— Dennis Potter

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

— Shelly Burch

My biggest fear is that I'm not good enough. I have this voice in my head that I've been battling for years that says, 'You're not really talented enough. You don't really deserve this.'

— Rachel Platten

There's no such thing as talent; you just have to work hard enough.

— David Mamet

What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That's the secret of my life.

— Guy Kawasaki

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was able to overcome my failures because I was always confident of my abilities and was sure I could achieve what I had set out for.

— Anupam Kher

I'm just not willing to give up on myself. If I'm going to fail, then I want to fail to the limits of my talent.

— James Gray