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Can I say "is" instead of "comes" here? In that case, what's the difference in the nuance?

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Rebecca

Yes, you can replace "comes" with "is" in this case. "Comes" seems to be shortened from "comes from", so the full sentence should actually be "talent comes from everywhere". This emphasizes the idea that talent can be derived or created from all places. If you were to say "talent is everywhere", it would just mean that talent exists in all places. So the main difference between these words is the emphasis on how talent occurs.

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