"He was single-minded in his desire to develop my gifts.
Perhaps young Dexter will develop a gift for pruning.
Seventy or 80 years ago, a writer such as Priestley or Rattigan might have made a play out of it – "Bob Entwhistle, you may be the son of a mill-hand but here at St Blog's we can develop your gift for Virgil" – but by the time I went to a state secondary in the 1950s and 60s, such social condescension was risible.
In the middle of the war, right under the noses of the Nazi police who, with the help of blackmailed Jews, were combing the city for the last of the "social parasites," the young Latte set out to find teachers who would recognize and help him develop his gift.
Woody Allen had started out as a comedy writer, and after directing some amazing comedies (no small feat), he felt the best way to further develop his gift was to move beyond pure comedy.
"My company, GiftWoo, is developing a gift recommendation engine to help men foster better relationships through periodic and thoughtful romantic gestures, utilizing behavioral science, models of preference and social trends".
His discovery of the intimate musicality of the French language was doubtless instinctive, but, during his most creative years, he was a conscious artist constantly seeking to develop his unique gift and "reform" his nation's poetic expression.
"Or are you risking an FCPA violation?" Companies often develop their own gift guidelines, but that requires resources that could be better spent elsewhere, says James Stearns, director of regulatory compliance at Intelsat, a satellite communications firm.
He jumped at the chance, which allowed him to develop his gifts as a skier.
Yet most people believe that intellectually gifted children will succeed with or without special help and do not need or deserve special programs designed to develop their gifts.
