Matt Collar, writing for AllMusic, declared "The record's collaborative foundation crackles on every track, but Hayley Williams, a ballsy, extroverted frontwoman with a voice big enough to stop time, proves unequivocally to be the cunning talent of the band, no matter how vital York and Davis may be".
Wilson is a man out of time, a daring highwire scholar operating without the safety net of the academy, a belletrist who, through low cunning and considerable talent, manages to thrive somehow in our hectic, post-literate times.
They play with an Italian-like cunning and with a talent and imagination that is very much their own.
Eve is the wolf in sheep's clothing, a comer with the talent and cunning to penetrate Margo's inner circle and catch her when she's vulnerable and feeling her age (as Davis herself was).
Eve is the wolf in sheep's clothing, a comer with just enough talent and cunning to penetrate Margo's inner circle and catch her when she's vulnerable and feeling her age.
Although the aged Stravinsky's eagerness to play the role of celebrity composer for the golden age of television (as long as the price was right) was an embarrassment, most of these episodes testify to the protean survival skills of an artist whose sense of identity was always in flux and whose cunning was commensurate with his talent.
There are all sorts of reasons why X earns more than Y in most offices, including talent, hard work, low cunning and pushiness.
In 1971, the Saints signed my hero, Ole Miss quarterback Archie Manning, who had more talent than either of his famous sons — more cunning than Peyton, more pluck than Eli.
Rousseau argued in Emile that women were naturally cunning and manipulative, but he viewed these traits positively: [G]uile is a natural talent with the fair sex, and since I am persuaded that all the natural inclinations are good and right in themselves, I am of the opinion that this one should be cultivated like the others.
Sometimes the cloak of celebrity falls over genuine talent and real originality, and sometimes a lack of these is concealed behind a cunning imitation of them.
Her fascinating book, "When Hollywood Had a King: The Reign of Lew Wasserman, Who Leveraged Talent Into Power and Influence," is a methodical portrait of an often secretive mogul whose vindictiveness, cunning and temper matched his shrewdness and prescience.
