Richard Carstone, who has so meritoriously acquitted himself in the--shall I say the classic shades?--in which his youth had been passed, will, no doubt, apply the habits, if not the principles and practice, of versification in that tongue in which a poet was said (unless I mistake) to be
born, not made, to the more eminently practical field of action on which he enters."
Bleak House
"Detectives are
born, not made. I will keep doing this job until I am no longer alive," she said.
The Indian 'Miss Marple' snooping on election candidates
The saying goes that heroes are
born, not made. But practically, all personalities are made through time, not inherited.
1.65 lies on average a day
They say charismatic leaders are
born, not made. Even Max Weber, the German political economist who gave the world the word, defined charisma as 'a certain quality of an individual personality by virtue of which he is set apart from ordinary men and treated as endowed with supernatural, superhuman, or at least specifically exceptional powers or qualities.
The Leader And His Charisma
The New York-based trainor to Hollywood stars, most of them established or are award-winners, doesn't believe in the saying that actors are
born, not made.
Actors told: Don't play it safe
There is a school of thought that says heroes are
born, not made.
Heroes
The painter Betsy Westendorp, perhaps best known for her portraits of Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, once said that portrait painters are
born, not made. You either have the knack for capturing faces, or you don't.
A figurative artist's dilemma-when her art is no longer 'cool'
According to one school of thought, Jedis are
born, not made: They are the chosen ones whose blood is carbonated by midi-chlorians, magical microparticles that enable them to do things like wave their hands ever so slightly and convince you that these were not the droids you were looking for.
'The Last Jedi' Abandons Its Religion for Reform Jediism
ON the subject of world-class strikers, it's funny, because I always hear how they are
born, not made, how it's all instinctive.
BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS
Brown dwarfs usually are
born, not made, and so this little stellar "failure" sheds new and important light on the existence of cannibalism among the stars.
Cannibalism among the stars
Some say that leaders are
born, not made. I'm not so sure.
Government, Opposition and team work demand leadership
Age cannot make more stale or repetition perfect its imperturbable dullness: the true cliche is
born, not made.
Simples II
A true military genius was
born, not made. The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, a machine utilized by radical Republicans to oversee the Army of the Potomac, always sought out gifted amateurs because so many of the professionals, in the Old Army tradition, were ardent Democrats.
With a Sword in One Hand and Jomini in the Other: The Problem of Military Thought in the Civil War North
Hardy took the position that leaders are
born, not made, but added that merely being a born leader is not enough.
A succession plan is not a replacement plan, CEOs say
You might have heard the expression "top salespeople are
born, not made." However, if you evaluate why some consistently hit their targets while others struggle, you will see a pattern of processes that make this happen.
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