Inspiration Quotes
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Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.
Steve Martin
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I find inspiration for my works of art in my studio and in the squared circle from all sorts of places.
Jeff Hardy
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Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.
Franz Liszt
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To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.
Lorrie Moore
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Inspiration is the key to everything.
Olivia Wilde
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My inspiration are the woman, friendship, and loneliness.
Enrique Iglesias
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Certainly I think the election of John Kennedy and all he stood for was one that really was an inspiration.
Birch Bayh
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It’s not just the adage ‘write what you know,’ it’s about gathering up all of the knowledge and experience you’ve collected up to now to help you dive into the things you don’t know.
Sarah Kay
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For inspiration I look to those great players who consistently found original ways to shock their opponents. None did this better than the eighth world champion, Mikhail Tal. The 'Magician of Riga' rose to become champion in 1960 at age twenty-three and became famous for his aggressive, volatile play.
Garry Kasparov -
If you go for the money first and try to think of what other people want to see, you change your original inspiration and perhaps put out something that's less original and less personal and maybe less satisfying.
John Cameron Mitchell
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I painted a painting called 'Milk River' in 1963 Cows don't give milk if they don't have grass and water Tremendous meaning of that is that painters can't give anything to the observer. People get what they need from a painting. The painter need not die because of responsibility. When you have inspiration and represent inspirationThe observer makes the painting.
Agnes Martin
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Social activism has gone mainstream. A new generation of philanthropic leaders such as Bill and Melinda Gates, and Bono are providing inspiration, guidance, and billions of dollars through their global foundations.
Kristine Carlin Bay
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Every time before I go into the studio, I say a prayer, and I really ask God for inspiration.
Lindsey Stirling
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My intention was to create something that people loved to look at and they could find inspiration from, and that was it.
Chiara Ferragni
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My inspiration comes from God, so I always have to be open, kind of like being an antenna. I like to write songs people love.
Brenda Russell
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It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.
Bryce Dessner The National
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I grew up looking to all those Jewish athletes for inspiration.
Max Aaron
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I taught elementary school and painted apartments for ten years. Now I write full-time and never have to change a thing I write. Every book comes to me in a flash of inspiration and takes me about two seconds to finish. The longer books, like the 'Time Warp Trio' novels, take a little longer to write - more like four seconds.
Jon Scieszka
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In the 1980s, I was quite well known for my knitwear, and a lot of inspiration came from carpets, where I found ways to use structures and colors and depth of colors.
Dries van Noten
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Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.
Adam Schlesinger
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Each of us has about 100,000 [kinesins] running around, right now, inside each one of your 100 trillion cells. So no matter how lazy you feel, you're not really intrinsically doing nothing.
David Bolinsky
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Inspiration comes from a clear mind. Right straight through. We have nothing to do with it.
Agnes Martin
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I've been so lucky, received so much help and inspiration in my life, so I want to help give aspiring North Koreans a chance to prosper with international support.
Lee Hyeon-seo
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Inspiration comes from within yourself. One has to be positive. When you're positive, good things happen.
Deep Roy