Creativity is just about connecting things. A whole lot of nonsense put together, and diluted with a creative passion can eventually make sense. Keep thinking. Exploring. Keep trying out new ways and methods of doing things and just when you least expect, you may stumble on that next great world-changing idea that will make all the difference.
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Related . . . when you have a great audience, you can just keep going and finding new things. ROBIN WILLIAMS Keep to active learning. You must learn, research and be so passionate about new ways and methods of... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Don't let fear cripple you and keep you from trying new things, changing things, exploring and livin... AKIROQ BROST If you pursue a foolish idea with passion,it will eventually make sense. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) ...I've learned that doing what you think is right doesn't always make you feel good. For another, I... ANN RINALDI I'd like to do a lot of different stuff. I think it's important as a creative person to keep... DARREN ARONOFSKY You'll have innovators and entrepreneurs and people trying ideas that may seem sensible today or may... DANIEL YERGIN It really is about a whole lot of people working together that really can make a difference if you b... ALLEN HUGHES I don't know what next year will bring. I have no idea. I can tell you I have a lot of ideas for son... RIVERS CUOMO Creativity is thinking up new things, innovation is doing new things. Creativity is characterised by... DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA A good memory is surely a compost heap that converts experience to wisdom, creativity, or dottiness;... MICHAEL LEUNIG There are a lot of good guys in this offense, so you just sort of stand in line. You just keep doing... DALLAS CLARK Current ethos in Silicon Valley is that if you build a website that people keep coming back to and i... DAPHNE KOLLER I am just here taking this all in. They are doing a great job of working with me, trying to prepare ... ALEX BARRON I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the thin... ROBERT ALAN That's the problem with reality, that's the fallacy of therapy: It assumes that you will have a seri... ELIZABETH WURTZEL I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you ar... NEIL GAIMAN It's a whole new way of doing business. You have to make sure you follow up with customers and are d... CURTIS CHAMBERS That is the great joy: to go to work with people that you love, whether they be people that you are ... JULIA ROBERTS That's the beauty of the acting world. You can play so many different characters who know and do... DANIELA RUAH Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies.... ROGER VON OECH Just focus on the things you are doing right and keep doing them SOTONYE ANGA Playing with decks, for me, has always been about trying new things. I make it a point to keep tryin... ERIC SAN You don’t have to know a lot of things for your life to make a lasting difference in the world. Bu... JOHN PIPER When fear makes your choices for you, no security measures on earth will keep the things you dread f... MARTHA BECK Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them. You must do t... RICHARD FEYNMAN I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, ... NEIL GAIMAN Just keep thinking about the good side of ADD - the creativity and the originality it can stimulate. DAVID NEELEMAN ...things happen when you least expect them. Things that can change your whole life. LESLEY KAGEN It's like the old saying about racing - where else can you make a living and still call it a game? I... DEAN DE RENZO I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that
will make a life-changing differen... MARK VICTOR HANSEN I want to talk with people who care about things that matter that will make a life-changing differen... MARK VICTOR HANSEN There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you're born ... NATALIE PORTMAN Some things just can't be put back together. Some things can never be fixed. Two broken pieces can't... JAMIE FORD Sometimes a soldier returns home and all he can do is share his story in the hopes that somehow, in ... MICHAEL ANTHONY The idea is, if you put a bunch of great people together, good things will happen. DAN O'DONNELL I like to bring people together so we don't waste opportunities and resources and keep doing the... TERESA HEINZ When you keep doing all you can do and all is going wrong ...smile and keep trying ,life is not that... OMAR ASHRAF EZZELDIN As a writer, as a lyricist, you're just trying to make sure that you're not repeating yourse... COREY TAYLOR There may be a long list of things to do, but really, there is just one thing on the list at any tim... ZOKETSU NORMAN FISCHER There is a time in life when you expect the world to be always full of new things. And then comes a ... HELEN MACDONALD Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel... STEVE JOBS One of the things that's great about doing a show over and over again... is that you have to fin... BEBE NEUWIRTH The whole atmosphere of the team, the girls are the best group of girls you can imagine. The fans, t... AMY SANDERS Everybody does stupid things in life. Some of us more than others. You think you're going to get awa... CLAIRE COOK I take a totally different approach to a lot of things now, school and my social life come before gy... SHANNON MILLER PEOPLE MAY SAY THINGS THAT WILL BREAK YOU DOWN, DO THINGS TO TEAR YOU APART,TRY TO MAKE EARTH A LIVI... PROSPER NWONYE When you start with next to nothing, all you've got is a lot of thought, a lot of innovation, fi... JOHN PAUL DEJORIA You just keep patching things together. LARRY WOLF There's always pressure, from other people and yourself. If you're happy with the looks you&... NATALIE PORTMAN I'm excited about it. One of the great things about coaching is there's a difference between potenti... JOE PHILBIN Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least ex... CHARLES FRANKLIN KETTERING Keep on going, and the chances are that you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least ex... CHARLES F. KETTERING You can bring a whole new look to things by changing the things that are inexpensive and easy to cha... DIANE BOYER We had four turnovers last week, ... That's not going to put you in a position to win. We've had a l... MARK WALKER This is a new offense for all of us. Just as I'm learning, Kyle's learning. Everybody is learning on... DERRICK MASON I've always been comfortable thinking things through and doing it, more or less, my way. You can... AUBREY MCCLENDON Living in New York City, you have to keep trying to do a lot of things. CAROLINE SHAW What's great about having an audience is they can let you know what they don't think is funn... MAGGIE CAREY The adversary would keep us busily engaged in a multitude of trivial things in an effort to keep us ... ARDETH GREENE KAPP At some point, you will hit a plateau. If you keep doing same things you did to get to that point, m... J.R. RIM Don't accept that you can't make a difference. Because if you can't make a difference, y... MAURICE STRONG It is a different world than when I was growing up, and you started to just kind of maintain at thir... SUSAN SARANDON You had a player that wants to be here, agents that were dealmakers and you had a club that wants to... ERNIE ACCORSI When you go through difficult times, make sure you pass the test. Don’t be stubborn and hardheaded... JOEL OSTEEN Just looking at society as a whole, there are a lot of different things that we are not doing as a g... WILL SHIELDS CREATIVITY is thinking up new things. INNOVATION is doing new things. THEODORE LEVITT One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make thi... HANK HANEY Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel... STEVE JOBS It's one of those things where you keep playing with it and keep going to work on it. You just go ou... BRIAN BUTCH All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense. PIERS ANTHONY And Siobhan says people go on holidays to see new things and relax, but it wouldn’t make me relaxe... MARK HADDON Both of those two have had a good spring. When you see things on film that they do wrong, they try t... JAMIE BRYANT And then you start getting into the technical side of it and the aesthetic side and with those areas... DENNIS MUREN Moving with New Ideas - We live with many old ideas keeping a less space for new thoughts and ideas ... DR.T.V.RAO MD Get on stage. A lot. Try stuff. Make your best stab and keep stabbing. If it's there in your heart, ... RAYMOND JOSEPH TELLER I didn't say I can change the whole world with all it entirety alone. But I can strike on a lot of t... NURUDEEN USHAWU Daring to dream is not difficult, it's making them come true that is hard... NANETTE L. AVERY You don't have to look for trouble. It will find you. And when that happens"--Luna disappeared, but ... CHRIS KURTZ I keep myself content by doing lots of different stuff and make sure that my next role is completely... DAVID THEWLIS From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and a... ERNEST HEMINGWAY And because when all the words of promises and memories fade, these words that are written are the o... DIANA ROSE MORCILLA If there are ways in which we can make Qaddafi nervous, why shouldn't we? That is not deceiving you,... GEORGE P. SHULTZ Creative thinking - in terms of idea creativity - is not a mystical talent. It is a skill that can b... EDWARD DE BONO We've got to stay out of the box. We have to keep our sticks down, keep our feet moving. Those are t... FRANCOIS BEAUCHEMIN To keep the edge, you just keep doing something new. I'm not gonna say that working is easy, but... CHARLES POLLOCK From things that have happened and from things as they exist and from all things that you know and a... ERNEST HEMINGWAY I will say, as a woman, when you put a mustache on, you find out a lot of things about yourself. CARRIE BROWNSTEIN If you chase anything in life chase the things that get you excited about living. Chase the things t... SHANNON L. ALDER We're trying to keep it interesting and keep motivated to new stuff-especially with vocalists. It's ... HANKUS NETSKY Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By d... MARIE KONDO Keep only those things that speak to your heart. Then take the plunge and discard all the rest. By d... MARIE KONDō What I have found is that, in a family business structure, sometimes what is needed is a sense of di... ASHWIN SANGHI It's great to get back to .500 in the conference. We can't help, but have a lot of confidence going ... KC CARTER I feel good. I've had two good weeks. That's showed me something. But that doesn't make me a top pla... CAMILO VILLEGAS Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expectin... CHARLES KETTERING Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expectin... CHARLES F. KETTERING When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is ... CHRIS EVERT If you want to make a movie, there may be many forces trying to pull you down, but really, a lot of ... DAMIEN CHAZELLE
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Which is the white stag as far as songwrit... J. TILLMAN Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power. J. TILLMAN It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased. J. TILLMAN My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift. J. TILLMAN I put a lot of pressure on myself. I think something's not good enough, and I won't stop unt... J. COLE Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on ... J. COLE There was the time I bought three cars in the span of three or four weeks. It was crazy; it wasn'... J. COLE For Black Music Month, I would definitely want to celebrate Isaac Hayes. JUICY J I want to be like Bruce Springsteen or something, making songs that are relevant. J. COLE I'm an artist, but I'm also a businesswoman, and sometimes you have to play hard. JESSIE J I have calmed down my look. Is it really necessary to wear all that jewelry and makeup at 7 A.M.? Wh... 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It is the law of friendship that you tell us things you don’t want to tell us... J. LYNN Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. J. YAHL Steadfastness is a noble quality, but unguided by knowledge or humility it becomes rashness or obsti... J. SWARTZ There is no end to relationship. There may be the end of a particular relationship, but relationship... J. KRISHNAMURTI Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mer... J. KRISHNAMURTI Feelings are everywhere -- be gentle. J. MASAI A bureaucrat is a person who cuts red tape sideways. J. MCCABE I regret that I have but one life to give for my country. J. HELLER Custom governs the world; it is the tyrant of our feelings and our manners and rules the world with ... J. BARTLETT My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions but in the fewness of my wants. J. BROTHERTON A good name is seldom regained. When character is gone, all is gone, and one of the richest jewels o... J. HAWES