"You can see it is almost a burden, that talent he has to please a crowd" – Leo Benedictus on Jim Carrey in this week's Comedy Gold.
But, as his critics acknowledged, Aubrey could be charming and go to great lengths to please talent.
Unless players become more transparent with their plans, unless clubs are assured of getting a return on developing raw talent, free agency will continue to please the few, and perplex the many.
"If all I have is talent, industry and intelligence, I should be able to please enough people to make money at it".
Mr. Tresnjak sees the theme of the play, whose central character is an exiled duke with a talent for sorcery, as "the desire to be perfect, to please".
Instead, Mr. Wayne depicts Jonny as a complicated, searching boy, by turns innocent and sophisticated beyond his years, eager to please and deeply resentful, devoted to his unusual talent and aware of both its rewards and its costs.
Ms. Meyers can also drive her fans crazy, largely because her ravenous need to please the audience sometimes gets in the way of her talent.
Horse lovers will discover lots to please them in both "Stud"and "My Racing Heart," two first books displaying talent and grace.
CHRISTIAN ERIKSEN (Denmark) Johan Cruyff is a hard man to please, but when the chief advocate of Total Football offers praise to a young talent, you should probably listen.
Racine had both the disposition and the talent to thrive in the cultural climate of Paris, where to conform and to please in Racine's case, to please by his pen were indispensable assets.
