A good idea will keep you awake during the morning, but a great idea will keep you awake during the night.

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"What is the essence of America? Finding and maintaining that perfect, delicate balance between freedom ‘to’ and freedom ‘from’."

- Marilyn vos Savant

Balance

"Be in the habit of getting up bright and early on the weekends. Why waste such precious time in bed?"

- Marilyn vos Savant

Motivation

"Know how to garnish food so that it is more appealing to the eye and even more flavorful than before."

- Marilyn vos Savant

Creativity

"People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while."

- Marilyn vos Savant

Persistence

"Teens think listening to music helps them concentrate. It doesn't. It relieves them of the boredom that concentration on homework induces."

- Marilyn vos Savant

Focus

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"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."

- Maya Angelou

Creativity

"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."

- Jamie Paolinetti

Creativity

"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

- Herman Melville

Creativity

"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."

- Oscar Wilde

Creativity

"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."

- Isabel Allende

Creativity