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> [If you know what you're looking for, that's all you'll get - what's previously known. But when you're open to what's possible,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/if-you-know-what-you-re-looking-for-that-s-all-you-ll-get-what-s/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/alan-alda-1859_creativity_if-you-know-what-you-re-looking-for-that_3032437.png)

> [All learning is derived from things previously known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-learning-is-derived-from-things-previously-known/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad4/aristotle-78_education_all-learning-is-derived-from-things-prev_3138825.png)

> [I didn't entertain the idea that my music would ever become available in any of the ways that I had previously known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nico-muhly/i-didn-t-entertain-the-idea-that-my-music-would-ever-become-available/)

[Nico Muhly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nico-muhly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/nico-muhly-28276_available_i-didn-t-entertain-the-idea-that-my-musi_3204433.jpg)

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