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The Separation Of Talent And Skill Is One Of The Greatest Misunderstood Concepts For People Who Are Trying To Excel, Who Have Dreams, Who Want To Do Things. Talent You Have Naturally. Skill Is Only Developed By Hours And Hours And Hours Of Beating On Your Craft.

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The Separation Of Talent

Will Smith

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The Separation Of Talent And Skill Is One Of The Greatest Misunderstood Concepts For People Who Are Trying To Excel, Who Have Dreams, Who Want To Do Things. Talent You Have Naturally. Skill Is Only Developed By Hours And Hours And Hours Of Beating On Your Craft.

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I Refuse To Accept Anything Less Than 100% Of What I Can Achieve.

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There Are So Many People Who Have Lived And Died Before You. You Will Never Have A New Problem; You're Not Going To Ever Have A New Problem. Somebody Wrote The Answer Down In A Book Somewhere.

My Skin Is Hard When It Comes To My Music. But With My Movies, I'm Still A Virgin In A Lot Of Ways. I'm Not Used To Being Shot Down For No Reason.

You Have To Make Every Group You Come In Contact With Better.

The Way I Like To Measure Greatness Is... How Many People Can You Make Want To Be Better?

While The Other Guy's Sleeping? I'm Working. While The Other Guy's Eatin'? I'm Working.

I Keep Going Because I Doubt Myself. It Drives Me To Be Better. I've Learned That The Mastery Of Self-doubt Is The Key To Success. It's Like Being Animated By The Love Of A Woman - The Need To Be Worthy Of Her.

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