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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews 2009

  • 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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