{"quotes":[{"text":"Use your unique gifts and talents to make a difference in the world.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["gift-of-god","gift-of-life","gift-of-love","gifts","gifts-from-heaven","make-a-change","make-a-difference","make-an-impact","talent","talented","talented-people","talented-women","talents-and-gifts","you-are-great"],"id":6173,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"You possess great strength, great spirit and great soul.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["fate","fate-destiny","great-expectations","greatness","inner-strength","inspirational","inspiring-on-life","inspiring-thoughts","journey","journey-to-yourself","motivational","soul","spiritual","strength-of-character","strength-of-spirit","talent","talented-people","talents-and-gifts","uniqueness","uplifting","who-i-am","you","your-destiny","your-journey","your-life","yourself"],"id":8306,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"Oftentimes at Yale, I'll be sitting around studying or drinking or hanging out when I'll hear one of my friends talk about a project they're doing for a class or a rally they're organizing or a play they're putting on. And I'll just think, really, honestly, how remarkably privileged we are to hang around with such a talented group of people around here. I am constantly reminded of the immense passion and creativity of those with whom I get to spend time every day.","author":"Marina Keegan","tags":["creativity","friends","inspirational","talented-people"],"id":40610,"author_id":"Marina+Keegan"},{"text":"The different kinds of work require different people to perform the task. You must fulfil your specific task.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["calling-people","callings","destiny","dreams-and-wishes","duties","duty-and-attitude","duty-privilege","fulfilling-life","fulfilling-purpose","fulfilling-your-potential","humanity-advice","humanity-and-society","humanity","inspirational","leadership","leadership-styles","leadership-vs-management","life","mankind","mission","missionary-work","people","performance-management-training","positive-thinking","purpose-driven-life","purpose","responsibilities","role","servant-leader","service-of-man","services","serving-mankind","serving-the-people","talented-people","talents-and-gifts","task","task-of-a-poet","team-spirit","team-work","wisdom","wise","wise","working-together"],"id":68973,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"The nonessential employees, the type of workers whom remain at home when it snows, are the quickest to complain about how the talented persons of an organization behave.","author":"Kilroy J. Oldster","tags":["complain","complaining","employee","employee-relations","employees","organizational-behavior","organizational-culture","talent","talent","talented","talented-people","talented-person","work","workers","working","working-with-people"],"id":125849,"author_id":"Kilroy+J.+Oldster"},{"text":"Liberace was certainly master and commander of the ivories ~ he is the only pianist I can watch or listen to without suffering a case of 'Stagefright Sympathy Sickness'.","author":"E.A. Bucchianeri","tags":["classical-music","concerts","entertainers","entertainment","funny","gifted-people","humor","humorous","humour","liberace","master","mastery","music","musician","musicians","pianist","pianists","piano","show-business","showbiz","stage","stagefright","talented-people"],"id":136235,"author_id":"E.A.+Bucchianeri"},{"text":"You have great talents. Aim for God best for your life.","author":"Lailah Gifty Akita","tags":["ability-and-attitude","adversity","aim-high","belief","believe-and-achieve","believe-in-yourself","best-life","bible","calling-on-god","calling-people","capabilities","challenges","christian-life","christian","dreaming-big","dreams","faith","fulfilling-purpose","fulfilling-your-potential","gifts-and-talents","gifts-from-god","gifts-of-the-spirit","god","greatness","hope-for-each-day","hope-lailah-gifty-akita","individuals","inner-strength","inspirational","inspired-life","journey","life-and-living","life-philosophy","life","overcomer","positive-outlook","positive","positive-thinking","potential","purpose","religion","self-confidence","self-determination","self-esteem","self-realization","spiritual-life","spirituality","strength-of-character","talent","talented-people","uniqueness","uplifting","wisdom","wise","wise-sayings","you","your-destiny","your-journey","yourlife"],"id":145496,"author_id":"Lailah+Gifty+Akita"},{"text":"I wrote in a bedroom crowded with ghosts,' Brooke Hayward says. 'My mother would disapprove, and my father would be horrified. The moral of my book is that you pay for everything. They were rich, accomplished, famous and beautiful. We were drowned in privilege, yet it ended in all this hideous tragedy.' (interview from People magazine (May 23, 1977).","author":"Brooke Hayward","tags":["famous-people","hollywood","rich","talented-people","tragedy"],"id":152119,"author_id":"Brooke+Hayward"},{"text":"Polly had a gift for baking pies, and she poured her heart and soul into every one she made.","author":"Sarah Weeks","tags":["baker","bakery","baking","cooking","food","gift","gifted","giftedness","kidlit","middle-grade","middlegrade","talent","talented-people"],"id":180085,"author_id":"Sarah+Weeks"},{"text":"Minor talents or failing talents ask much of those who associate with them. They suck, they cling, they sour, they devour, and they can kill their hosts. Disappointment is a deadly companion. We didn't yet know how many of us would end up in its grip, because we were all still striving, and some of us thought we were thriving.","author":"Margaret Drabble","tags":["ambition","disappointment","talented-people"],"id":198011,"author_id":"Margaret+Drabble"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":14,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}