Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There are lots of jobs in search of talent. And there's lots of talent in search of meaningful work.
Talent is crucial. It needs to be driven by motivation, but blind ambition isn't the key.
There are certain skills that business people have that are - that are, in fact, helpful in - when it comes to being in political leadership.
Ambition is important. Of course you can't get anywhere without talent, but there are a lot of talented people. To succeed, you have to be the most ambitious talented person.
I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.
The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire, and persistence. Talent without these things vanishes and even modest talent with those characteristics grows.
Talent is always more interesting - ambition is not interesting. If you have talent, you have to find ways of expressing it, but you may not be a success in the world's terms.
It is more important to be a personality than a person who is in a political party.
Character is more important than talent.
Again, talent is the real import of being in the business.