Someone has a great fire in his soul and nobody ever comes to warm themselves at it, and passers-by see nothing but a little smoke at the top of the chimney and then go on their way.
The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.
We didn't sell a lot of records, but somehow we left an impression.
People are always waiting to be discovered.
Every performer has a little gem, a little pearl they have done that nobody pays much attention to. And then one day, somebody does recognize it, which is so gratifying.
I just think there are so many more good, talented players.
I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an equally unique perspective on the world as someone who is famous or perhaps more privileged.
There are many good ideas out there that never get an audience.
Lost in a crowd of greats, not a single Oscar. That's showbiz.
My father's card-playing buddies treated me as a plain, ordinary, commonplace kid destined for mediocrity - or less. I suppose they expected that I would spend my life as a clerk of some sort.
My brother is a great actor. Just because he doesn't harp about his achievements, people don't talk about his work.
A lot of great songs get looked over.
There's so much talent in Brazil, so many guys that will probably never get discovered.
The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.
There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.
It's no good being great in something that goes straight to video.
There're so many great writers out there who aren't getting the exposure they deserve.
Concealed talent brings no reputation.
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
You can write a great book and be ignored. Literary history is full of classics that were under-appreciated in their own time.
I think you find amongst ordinary people there are a lot of people that are really talented.
I'm also looking for gems that the average reader might have missed.
