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“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
― If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice for the Young
“Despite a lack of natural ability, I did have the one element necessary to all early creativity: naïveté, that fabulous quality that keeps you from knowing just how unsuited you are for what you are about to do.”
― Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
― Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”
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“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
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“But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career.”
― Walking on Water
― Walking on Water
50 books to read before you die
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These are the named books: 1 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J. R. R. Tolkien 2 1984 by George Orwell 3 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4 The Gra ...more
Time Travel
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This is a group for people who enjoy books that transport them to a different time and place through time travel. We have a monthly book club, offer m ...more
Ivy’s 2025 Year in Books
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