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> [“The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/the-great-periods-of-our-life-occur-when-we-gain-the-courage-to/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [Difficult economic times, often spur great periods of creativity and invention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carisa-bianchi/difficult-economic-times-often-spur-great-periods-of-creativity-and/)

[Carisa Bianchi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carisa-bianchi/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcc/carisa-bianchi-78619_creativity_difficult-economic-times-often-spur-grea_335829.jpg)

> [In the history of the human race, those periods which later appeared as great have been the periods when the men and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/in-the-history-of-the-human-race-those-periods-which-later-appeared/)

[Haile Selassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-selassie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a6/haile-selassie-7583_belonging_in-the-history-of-the-human-race-those-p_338237.jpg)

> [Out of Coltrane's whole history, there are things which I think are great from all the periods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-konitz/out-of-coltrane-s-whole-history-there-are-things-which-i-think-are/)

[Lee Konitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-konitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/lee-konitz-21497_coltrane_out-of-coltrane-s-whole-history-there-ar_638833.png)

> [In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-all-the-great-periods-of-the-drama-perfect-freedom-of-choice-and/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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