“No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.”
Source: Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting
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American academic specialised in seminars for screenwriters 1941Related quotes
Source: Complexity and Postmodernism (1998), p. 1-2; as cited by David Byrne (1999) in: " Complexity and Postmodernism: Book Review http://jasss.soc.surrey.ac.uk/2/2/review1.html" in JASSS Vol 2 (2)

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“Our talents are the gift that God gives to us… What we make of our talents is our gift back to God”

1960s, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (1964)
Context: This faith can give us courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom. When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds and our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, we will know that we are living in the creative turmoil of a genuine civilization struggling to be born.

Source: Take The Risk (2008), p. 40