This might be the most important question for every creator and maker in the world: how do you make something new if most people just like what they know? Is it possible to surprise with familiarity?
Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It is this: that love has within it a redemptive power. And there is a power there that eventually transforms individuals. Just keep being friendly to that person. Just keep loving...
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Unknown
In a time of destruction, create something.
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Maxine Hong Kingston
Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.
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Roy T. Bennett
I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.
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Oscar Wilde
What is Man? Man is a noisome bacillus whom Our Heavenly Father created because he was disappointed in the monkey.
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Mark Twain
More Quotes By Derek Thompson
Imitating recent successes is a game that everybody knows how to play. But seeing the next big thing before anybody else sees it is far more valuable... It means being a little bit wrong at just the right time.
This long-tail distribution of returns is why it's important to be bold. Big winners pay for so many experiments.
Quality, it seems, is a necessary, but insufficient attribute for success.
It is not merely the feeling that something is familiar. It is one step beyond that. It is something new, challenging, or surprising that opens a door into a feeling of comfort, meaning, or familiarity. It is called an aesthetic aha.
Initially [my favorite books] seem to immerse me in another life, but ultimately they immerse me in me; I am looking through the window into another person’s home, but it is my face that I see in the reflection.