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I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them.: Isabel Colegate
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Part of understanding the creative urge is understanding that it's primal. Wanting to change the world is not a noble calling, it's a primal calling.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04
We all self-conscious. I'm just the first to admit it.: Kanye West
Better to get up late and be wide awake than to get up early and be asleep all day.: Anonymous
If something anticipated arrives too late it finds us numb, wrung out from waiting, and we feel - nothing at all. The best things arrive on time.: Dorothy Gilman, A New Kind of Country, 1978
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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You learn a lot about people when you play games with them.: Laura Moncur (1969 - ), Pick Me! 02-11-09
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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.: Albert Camus (1913 - 1960)
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Who would have guessed it possible that waiting is sustainable. A place with its own harvest.: Kay Ryan
At the height of laughter, the universe is flung into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.: Jean Houston
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
The fact is, the old clich%uFFFDs work for us in abstract terms, but they never work out in real life quite the same way. Life is messy; clich%uFFFDs are clean and tidy.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 29, 08-22-04
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.: John Cage (1912 - 1992)
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Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.: Bulgarian Proverb
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There is no human problem which could not be solved if people would simply do as I advise.: Gore Vidal (1925 - )
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Hello seeker! Now don't feel alone here in the New Age, because there's a seeker born every minute.: Firesign Theatre
Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.: Sir Wilfred Grenfell (1865 - 1940)
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In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you create. Management cannot be expected to recognize a good idea unless it is presented to them by a good salesman.: David M. Ogilvy
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It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.: Betty Friedan (1921 - 2006)