You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"

George Bernard Shaw

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Topic

Thinking outside the box Thinking big Creativity

Speaker

The Serpent

Author

George Bernard Shaw

Source

In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden) Back to Methuselah

Medium

Play

Language

English

Time

1921 1920s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Writer

From

Ireland Europe

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Citation

Shaw, George Bernard. "In the Beginning: B.C. 4004." Back to Methuselah. Penguin, 1988, pt. 1, act 1. Originally published by Constable/Brentano's, 1921.

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The most decisive actions of our life-I mean those that our most likely to decide the whole course of our future-are more often than not, unconsidered.

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Topic
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Andre Gide
Source
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Medium
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Statement Type
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Gide, Andre. Les Faux-monnayeurs [The Counterfeiters]. Nouvelle Revue Francaise, 1925, pt. 3, ch. 16.

Current Citation

Gide, Andre. The Counterfeiters, translated by Dorothy Bussy. Penguin Books, 1990, pt. 3, ch. 16.

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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.

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Topic
Discovery Originality Creativity
Speaker
Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi
Language
English
Time
1962 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Szent-Gyorgyi, Albert. Quoted in The Scientist Speculates: An Anthology of Partly-Baked Ideas, written by Irving John Good. Heinemann, 1962, ch. 1, sect. 6.