"If you never venture outside the box, you will probably not be creative. But if you never get inside the box, you will certainly be stupid."

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Source : Christopher Peterson (2012). “Pursuing the Good Life: 100 Reflections on Positive Psychology”, p.277, Oxford University Press

Christopher Peterson

#Stupid Quotes #Creative Quotes #Venture Quotes

“It's hard to love a place that's outlawed smoking but finds it perfectly acceptable to serve raw fish in a bath of chocolate.”
“The greatest competitive advantage in our modern economy is a positive and engaged brain.”

Source : Source: www.independent.co.uk
“All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.”
“If the hammer and the shuttle could move themselves, slavery would be unnecessary.”
“I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's how I became an artist.”

Source : Interview with Zoe Stillpass, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 7, 2014.
“You know a good board when you see one.”
“We need to raise our voices a little more, even as they say to us, 'This is so uncharacteristic of you.' Invisibility is not a natural state for anyone.”

Source : Mitsuye Yamada, Merle Woo, Nellie Wong (2003). “Three Asian American Writers Speak Out on Feminism”, Red Letter Press
“Great performers are, by definition, abnormal; they strive throughout their entire careers to separate themselves from the pack.”

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