"People are the least creative when fighting the clock... Time pressure stifles creativity because people can't deeply engage with the problem."

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Teresa Amabile

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“She was like John Rambo meets Polly Pocket; Dakota Fanning crossed with Death Wish 4.”
“The soul is a breath of living spirit, that with excellent sensitivity, permeates the entire body to give it life. Just so, the breath of the air makes the earth fruitful. Thus the air is the soul of the earth, moistening it, greening it.”
“I believe you should tell the story of injustices, of inequalities, of bad conditions, so that the people as a whole in this country really face the problems that people who are pushed to the point of striking know all about, but others know practically nothing about.”
“I can't stand innuendo. If I see one in a script I whip it out immediately.”
“The second rector of [St. John's in] Providence was blown out of church one Sunday by 'an extraordinary gust of wind,' and the people, welcoming this ejection as an act of heaven, refused to let him in again.”
“Go boldly and honestly through the world. Learn to love the fact that there is nobody else quite like you.”
“I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.”
“I've got a lot to download on your mercy and grace. I've always rushed up to You and dumped whatever it was and hurried away, fascinated by my own busyness. I want to turn all this over to You slowly, carefully, examining every fragment as I pass it off, so there'll never be any question about it again. Every time I've dumped and run, I've nearly always run back and snatched it out of Your hands. Help me in this.......Right now, I'm certain of only one thing - that You love us, and that's where we all have to begin.”

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