Jill Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 Talent does not survive all obstacles. In fact, in the face of hardships, talent is the first one to perish; the rarest plants are usually the most fragile. Our present-day struggle for existence is the coarsest and ugliest phenomenon that has ever appeared on earth. It takes a tough skin to face it, a very tough one. Are talented people born with tough skins? Hardly. In fact, the more talent one possesses the more sensitive one is, as a rule. She did develop quite a develop a tough skin herself, though, and I'm curious how. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ifat Glassman Posted June 28, 2009 Report Share Posted June 28, 2009 She did develop quite a develop a tough skin herself, though, and I'm curious how. The difference between Roark and Mallory (from The Fountainhead). Mallory talks about it with Roark in some of their conversations (what makes Roark immune to other men while Mallory got hurt from the battle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-C Posted July 5, 2009 Report Share Posted July 5, 2009 Don't let the bastards win. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAllotrope Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think application of the virtues pride and independence would be enough. Follow the dictates of your own mind, and don't let anyone stand in the way, especially when you know they're wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidV Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Don't let the bastards win. That certainly wasn't Roark's sentiment. He was not motivated by the desire to bring anyone down, only to be productive as an end in itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckleslord Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 Don't let the bastards win. I agree with Greedy on this, Roark didn't see them as enemies. He saw them as what they truly were, misguided men who were taught that the only way to suceed in architecture was to be a second-hander. If I'm not mistaken several quotes point to this in Fountainhead, such as where Roark told Toohey that he didn't think of him (don't have the exact quote on me, I'm paraphrasing) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Castle Posted October 12, 2009 Report Share Posted October 12, 2009 I think she was just that sure of herself and her convictions. Not to mention she has escaped Soviet Russia. Once someone has survived a situation like that I'm sure criticism in even a mixed society seems pretty mild. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Posted October 14, 2009 Report Share Posted October 14, 2009 Don't let the bastards win. That's a surefire way to crash and burn. Often, I feel that many people see capitalism in this manner: An intentional limitation of those 'less fortunate'. I find that it's all about turning the energy spent reading reviews inwards, and applying it to a passionate endeavor rather than succumbing to fear/discouragement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-C Posted October 15, 2009 Report Share Posted October 15, 2009 Not sure what you mean. I was referring to not letting the "bastards" bring you down, even if you're sensitive. The good deserves better than to succumb to its antagonists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysium Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Talent doesn't come often to people, but it never goes away. This is the 5% inspiration. Hard work doesn't come often to people, because it's hard to keep up. This is the 95% perspiration. People have to demonstrate both in order for the talent to come of fruition. Without hard work, talent is wasted and you don't produce what you wanted. Without talent, hard work alone can achieve a lot, but you can't achieve as much as if you were hard working and also talented. My observation is people aren't willing to put in the 95% perspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake_Ellison Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 Talent doesn't come often to people, but it never goes away. This is the 5% inspiration. Hard work doesn't come often to people, because it's hard to keep up. This is the 95% perspiration. People have to demonstrate both in order for the talent to come of fruition. Without hard work, talent is wasted and you don't produce what you wanted. Without talent, hard work alone can achieve a lot, but you can't achieve as much as if you were hard working and also talented. My observation is people aren't willing to put in the 95% perspiration. Oh great, a made up statistic. That should answer all her questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elysium Posted November 17, 2009 Report Share Posted November 17, 2009 What? LOL. The 5% and 95% are just thrown out there as an epithetic statement. The statement usually goes "X% inspiration, 100-X% perspiration." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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