"Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world."

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William Penn

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Not everyone who has a savant skill I would equate with a genius.”

Source : "Conversations on Creativity with Darold Treffert, Part I: De". Interview with Scott Barry Kaufman, www.psychologytoday.com. April 11, 2011.
“Most Pixar films are better than most live action films.”
“For better or worse, the United States enjoys the lion's share of public and media attention. We influence much of the conversation on social and public media by sheer volume.”
“You are well equipped with an incredible potential for absorbing knowledge. Let your imagination, the key to learning and memory, unleash that brain power and propel you along at ever-increasing speeds. Itâ€™s not an exclusive path with access granted only to those with a special gift for learning. It is, instead, available to everyone who has a brain. Anythingâ€™s possible.”
“I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay, from how I pronounced my words to the actual delivery.”
“The truly successful person inspires others to do more than they have thought possible for themselves.”
“Agreement is made more precious by disagreement.”
“Most of us are in touch with our intuition whether we know it or not, but we're usually in the habit of doubting or contradicting it so automatically that we don't even know it has spoken”

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