There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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When we are young we think our troubles a mighty business, that the world is spread out expressly as a stage for the particular drama of our lives and that we have a right to rant and foam at the mouth if we are crossed. I have done enough of that in my time. ~George Eliot
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In what bold relief stand out the lives of all walkers of the snow! The snow is a great tell-tale, and blabs as effectually as it obliterates. I go into the woods, and know all that has happened. I cross the fields, and if only a mouse has visited his neighbor, the fact is chronicled. ~John Burroughs
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Coffee and tobacco are complete repose. ~Turkish Proverb
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I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained, this is free. ~Veronica Roth
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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I stuck my tongue out at him because I was feeling exceptional mature. ~Janet Evanovich
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I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
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People ask me to smile for the camera, but somehow it always comes out gloomy. ~Stephen Rea
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When CD technology first came out, it was just so much waste. ~Rick Danko
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Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along? ~Peter Schuyler
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Remember the street car cannot turn out. ~Charles Melville Hays
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It was as if Snape had started handing out sweets. ~J. K. Rowling
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Ring out the false, ring in the true. ~Alfred Lord Tennyson
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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She really mellowed me out that way. We both definitely grew with each other and with the whole experience. ~Brian Austin Green
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You don't run out on people; you run out on yourself. ~Truman Capote
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I love therapy! There's nothing like talking to someone who has no emotional tie to your life. ~Eva Mendes
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"You're children. Don't you want a home, a family?" "With, like, vitamin-fortified cereal and educational television? ~James Patterson
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Birds of a feather flock together. ~English Proverb
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Beware of a man of one book. ~English Proverb
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Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
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Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one is never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them. ~Aldous Huxley
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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