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And it has become a kind of a truism in the study of creativity that you can't be creating anything with less than 10 years… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I had the feeling that if I encountered anyone they would intuit my disgrace and would judge me instantly. Nothing is more isolating than having… — Kevin Powers
Parenthood abruptly catapults us into a permanent relationship with a stranger, and the more alien the stranger, the stronger the whiff of negativity. We depend… — Andrew Solomon
But every point of view is a point of blindness: it incapacitates us for every other point of view. From a certain point of view,… — Richard Wurmbrand
Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was… — Joseph Addison
Among other grand achievements, F. A. Hayek had a remarkable career pointing out the flaws in collectivism. One of his keenest insights was that, paradoxically,… — Sheldon Richman
I was a geek who thought I was cool. I didn't hang out with a particular clique, but with different people from different cliques. I… — Chester Bennington
Mindfulness means paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. — Jon Kabat-Zinn
Internationalism is a social and political theory, a certain concept of how human society ought to be organized, and in particular a concept of how… — Christian Lous Lange
Plutarch has written an essay on the benefits which a man may receive from his enemies; and among the good fruits of enmity, mentions this… — Joseph Addison
Given our inevitably incomplete knowledge about key structural aspects of an everchanging economy and the sometimes asymmetric costs or benefits of particular outcomes, a central… — Alan Greenspan
Unfortunately, I experienced some sexual abuse. It was a known and admitted fact of life amongst us that there was this particular man, and you… — Gabriel Byrne
A style is not a matter of camera angles or fancy footwork, it's an expression, an accurate expression of your particular opinion. — Karel Reisz
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache… — Corey Stoll
In the pursuit of knowledge, follow it wherever it is to be found; like fern, it is the produce of all climates, and like coin,… — Charles Caleb Colton
You must know all there is to know in your particular field and keep on the alert for new knowledge. The least difference in knowledge… — Henry Ford
Briefly, the State is that organization in society which attempts to maintain a monopoly of the use of force and violence in a given territorial… — Murray Rothbard
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story… — Unknown Author
If you're really looking for something in particular, it helps to take your time. — Billy Gibbons
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it that the performance… — Ramana Maharshi
An animal is equipped for sustaining its life; its senses provide it with an automatic code of action, an automatic knowledge of what is good… — Ayn Rand
In their zeal for particular kinds of decisions to be made, those with the vision of the anointed seldom consider the nature of the:Â process:Â… — Thomas Sowell
Fashion is the playing area for individuals that lack interior autonomy and need more support points, but who nonetheless feel the need to stand out,… — Georg Simmel
God was happy without humans before they were made; he would have continued happy had he simply destroyed them after they had sinned; but as… — J I Packer
Since coming to Congress, I have been advocating for increased resources for research in the physical sciences and for the Department of Energy Office of… — Judy Biggert

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