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FRANK's Components of Creativity
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Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. More about this quote
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It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.Source: 'Emma' [Cf....
Wounded vanity knows when it is mortally hurt; and limps off the field, piteous, all disguises thrown away. But pride...
In all private quarrels the duller nature is triumphant by reason of dullness. More about this quote
There are men whose presence infuses trust and reverence.Source: Romola,...
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.Source: Moredecai, in...
I don't want my novel to be like Madame Bovary, finely crafted with the life edited out of it. I want my novel to be...
With each book I write, I become more and more convinced that [the books] have a life of their own, quite apart from...
The will to be stupid is a very powerful force, but there are always alternatives. More about this quote
Unfortunately, moral beauty in art -- like physical beauty in a person -- is extremely perishable. It is nowhere so...
Men renounce whatever they have in common with women so as to experience no commonality with women; and what is left,...
Nowhere in this country, from sea to sea, does nature comfort us with such assurance of plenty, such rich and tranquil...
Razors pain youRivers are damp;Acids stain you;And drugs cause cramp.Guns aren't lawful;Nooses...
. . . as for helping me in the outside world, the Convent taught me only that if you spit on a pencil eraser, it will...
You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.Source: Speech to...
The creative urge is the demon that will not accept anything second-rate.Source:...
A man in the house is worth two in the street.Source: Belle of the Nineties, film...
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers -- but never blame...
Will you tell me my fault, frankly as to yourself, for I had rather wince, than die. Men do not call the surgeon to...
Not knowing when the dawn will comeI open every door.Source: In Pearls of...
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