be talented

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Reality TV is also rooted in the anti-elitist idea that you don’t need to be talented, at least not in the traditional sense, to become famous.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2025

"I've always said that I'm not talented… I just work hard to the point which allows me to reach a level similar to people that would be talented, and then break beyond that."

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2020

Curators may be talented and creative, but they are not often in the business of making art itself.

From Washington Post • Jan. 26, 2018

Their sponsors and patrons, flying “top cover” for them, have found them worthy and they may indeed be talented and hard-charging. 

From Salon • Dec. 22, 2016

Not interested in the first, I have to hope I can be talented enough for the second.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black