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The overtalented Steve Lodefink made a drawing robot for his kids out of a paper cup, a toy motor, a battery, felt pens, and duct tape.
Archive 2006-10-01 Mac 2006
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This is undoubtedly the outcome she needs, and she is quite up to the task, having been grossly overtalented and overqualified for being a secretary in an accounting firm.
pinch 2006
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In the actual preparations for war, the passing of acts for an embargo, for a loan, for increasing the army and adding to the navy, John Randolph, the overtalented genius of Roanoke, raised his voice in both derision and prophecy.
The United States of America, Part 1 Edwin Erle Sparks 1892
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Beyond the Sea, Kevin decided that not only did he need to splash his sub-Dennis Potter routine all over the screen (postwar pop tunes as dark metaphor for the fractured soul), he had to take front and center as the hard-driving, finger-snapping, hellaciously overtalented icon that Darin was, and sing Darin's songs for him.
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In my opinion, less will be more for the Trojans, who have been a bit overtalented of late (yes, you can have too much talent).
Heismanpundit 2009
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