"People will be most creative when they feel motivated primarily by the interest, enjoyment, satisfaction and challenge of the work itself."

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Source : Teresa Amabile (1989). “Growing up creative: nurturing a lifetime of creativity”, Crown Pub

Teresa Amabile

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“You know you poor when you eatin' breakfast food late. You fryin' toast? At nine o'clock at night? With bacon? You're broke.”

Source : Bernie Mac (2002). “I Ain't Scared of You”, p.3, Simon and Schuster
“Without technique, it doesn't matter what your ideas are; you would not be able to do what you want. It's something that you always need to work on. It's also important to never forget the feeling for the music, the imagination.”
“We are never more than a belief away from our greatest love, deepest healing, and most profound miracles.”

Source : Gregg Braden (2009). “The Spontaneous Healing of Belief: Shattering the Paradigm of False Limits”, p.3, ReadHowYouWant.com
“I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.”
“Working at a startup to make a lot of money was never a thing, and that's why I decided to just finish up school. That was way more important for me.”

Source : "Instagram's Kevin Systrom: The Stanford Billionaire Machine Strikes Again". Interview with Steven Bertoni, www.forbes.com. August 1, 2012.
“It may be those who do most, dream most.”

Source : Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.52, University of Toronto Press
“What goes wrong in Washington, D.C. I think some senators and congressman and media people go to Washington, D.C., and they get sucked into this vortex and they lose touch with what's happening out in the rest of the country. That's the problem. If these elected officials refuse to lose touch with their constituents, if they spend more time outside D.C. than inside, if they spend more time talking to constituents rather than pandering to the D.C. elite press corps, I think they're safe.”
“I had ridiculous amounts of energy. Mom's like, you're driving me crazy - do you want to try gymnastics? From the moment I started it, I loved it and it kind of was like storybook from there.”

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