Ellis Paul Torrance Quotes
It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.
Quotes to Explore
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One of the best teaching experiences Ed Schein and I had when we were teaching at MIT in the 1960s was inventing a course on leadership through film.
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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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I always knew when I graduated from high school, I'd go to college. I never thought about what I was walking away from... I just wanted to study literature and writing.
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I loathe bad theater and most theatre is very bad because it's repetitious, unexciting and, dangerously, it is sometimes praised for those things.
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Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
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And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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I'm at the age most people are sending their kids off to college.
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When a guy tells me I'm cute, it's not something desirable. Cute is more like what you want your pet to be.
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I would love to do some more comedy. I would love to do some silliness. I would love to do some characters that have greater vulnerability.
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I think if you are creative then it's an unstoppable thing. It just keeps coming throughout your entire life.
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Mars, when guilty of homicide, and set free from the charge of murder by the Athenians through favour, lest he should appear to be too fierce and savage, committed adultery with Venus.
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The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
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I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
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When you are sick, you are sick. Period.
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A week is a long time in politics.
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Holy Joy were a cult '80s band led by the wonderful songwriting genius that is Johny Brown.
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Every day I try to do breathing exercises, meditation, and yoga. These things sound awfully cliche, but they help me slow down and try to point to a truth.
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Obviously, we're parked right next to each other in the garage
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I'm not afraid to call a wine that tastes like Skittles or green peppers mixed with orange marmalade. I'll say, 'It tastes like chicken.' I mean, that's not what people think of when they think of wine, but that's what it tastes like to me and it hits home.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
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It takes courage to be creative. Just as soon as you have a new idea, you are in a minority of one.
