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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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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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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As time went on, I got envious and wanted to do a lot of stunts myself.
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The old fiction room at my high school was a small box of wonders, and no matter how long I spent investigating its seven and a half overstuffed shelves, I never stopped discovering treasures.
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I did a play once where a reviewer said, 'Martin Freeman's too nice to play a bad guy.' And I thought: 'Well, bad guys aren't always bad guys, you know?' When I see someone play the obvious villain, I know it's false.
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My personal view about how people should use Twitter is less relevant than our goal to provide the infrastructure for a new kind of communication and then support the creativity that emerges.
Biz Stone -
I'm a person of change and I must be honest to my artistry and my creativity. That's part of the word 'jazz'... it's an adventure.
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I am confident Pakistani government will provide me with adequate security, unlike the government at the time that sabotaged my mother's security in Pakistan.
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Creativity is a distinctive trait of human excellence in all domains of behavior.
