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The talent is a divine gift, surelly, but alone without toil, a lot of toil remains barren. A quarter of talent and three quarters of work hardly will create a work of art. RightWords Translation

Quote by Liviu Rebreanu about talent, work, gifts, art, magic

I'm cleaning toilets for $30 a day, because I needed that $30, and people are pointing at me, saying, Look at the big movie star. Look where he is now. I just said, I'm where God put me.

Quote by Willie Aames about celebrity, god, day, people

I could not make enough money to support three people, no...

I could not make enough money to support three people, no matter how long I toiled.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about money, people

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Quote by Winston Churchill about tears, blood, nothing

But as we shall see, Roosevelt, through a combination of events and influences, fell deeper and deeper into the toils of various revolutionary operators, not because he was interested in revolution but because he was interested in votes.

Quote by John Thomas Flynn about revolution, events

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de...

Becoming a solo singer is like going from an eau de toilette to a perfume. It's much more intense.

Quote by Geri Halliwell about perfume

If it exists, your tenant will try to flush it down the...

If it exists, your tenant will try to flush it down the toilet.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about real estate

If I'm sitting on the toilet and I'm looking at the...

If I'm sitting on the toilet and I'm looking at the grouting on the tiles, that grouting really gets me. Mothers have a thing about grouting.

Quote by Sharon Osbourne about opinion, things

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed...

Maybe humans are just the pet alligators that God flushed down the toilet.

Quote by Chuck Palahniuk about god, people

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps of reason. On the instant his headlong spirit declared his purpose: this was the one being for him in all the world: at this altar he would light a lamp of devotion, and keep it...

Quote by Gilbert Parker about opinion, purpose, light, reason, spirit, being, world

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we...

My aunt in Knoxville would bring newspapers up, which we used for toilet paper. Before we used it, we'd look at the pictures.

Quote by Dolly Parton

The angel of the Family is Woman. Mother, wife, or sister, Woman is the caress of life, the soothing sweetness of affection shed over its toils, a reflection for the individual of the loving providence which watches over Humanity. In her there is...

Quote by Giuseppe Mazzini about woman, kiss, faith, family, children, future, mother, affection, treasure, symbol

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