Ellis Paul Torrance Quotes
Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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And, sure, if you have a political point of view, you have every right to share it. But you have to be careful not to get too self-important. You have to find the balance between being entertaining and being preachy.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Prayer is a confession of one's own unworthiness and weakness.
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I would watch anything with Meryl Streep in it.
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The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate our prosperity and freedom is a ridiculous lie.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.
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My tools, my medium, include pictures and live actors.
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I directed the men in our barque to approach near the savages, and hold their arms in readiness to do their duty in case they notice any movement of these people against us.
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Foreign investors are looking for a consistent and stable policy in India.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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The crew, like all Italian crews, was generous, warm, and enthusiastic.
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It's a lot easier to play in front of quite a lot of strangers than a couple of your friends just because when it's someone that really knows you, it's much more scary.
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You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.
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Several particular maxims... are as powerful, although false, in carrying away belief, as those the most true.
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Fresh sneakers are important on a man. It's like a new pair of boxers or a new pair of socks.
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In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.
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I did grow up in France, and even though I didn't go to the school or dance with the Paris Opera Ballet, I absorbed similar ideas in my training. I understand the scale of a big company. I danced for one for almost 20 years.
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People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.
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I became an entertainer not because I wanted to but because I was meant to.
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Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.
