"A savant, by definition, is somebody who has a disability and, along with that disability, has some remarkable ability. Prodigies and geniuses have the remarkable abilities that the savant shows, but they do not have a disability. So, by definition, a savant includes someone with a disability, and a prodigy or genius are people who have these remarkable skills but they do not have a disability."

Source : "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part I: De". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 11, 2011.

Darold Treffert

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“I always get that. Who are you? Here's who I am: I'm that dog that dropped off down at the humane society, and he has about every breed in it. Whatever the situation is, you try to bring that breed out that helps success.”
“Many physicists these days sound like the Delphic oracle - with equations.”

Source : "The Dark River". Book by John Twelve Hawks, 2007.
“The fact that The Bridge contains folk lore and other material suitable to the epic form need not therefore prove its failure as a long lyric poem, with interrelated sections.”
“Like running trying to live a good life has to hurt a little bit, or we're not running hard enough, not really trying.”
“The most beautiful surprise is that you have these moments where you connect with people on a deep level without saying a word. It's one of those wonderful things that you get what you give, and I'm grateful for it.”
“At Tara in this fateful hour, I place all Heaven with its power, And the sun with its brightness, And the snow with its whiteness, And the fire with all the strength it hath, And the lightning with its rapid wrath, And the winds with their swiftness along their path, And the sea with its deepness, And the rocks with their steepness, And the earth with its starkness: All these I place, By God's almighty help and grace Between myself and the powers of darkness!”
“What I expect is a little more respect from a fellow manager.”

Source : "Sir Alex Ferguson joins Sam Allardyce in criticising Rafael Benítez". www.theguardian.com. April 17, 2009.
“I'm the kind of boy that can fall in love with any girl because I love with the heart, not the eyes.”

Source : "Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction (100% official)". Book by One Direction, 2011.

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