Original thoughts are like shy animals. We sometimes have to look the other way - towards a busy street or terminal - before they run out of their burrows.

Alain de Botton

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Topic

Creativity Originality

Author

Alain de Botton

Source

A Week at the Airport

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile Paradox

Language

English

Time

2010 2010s 21st century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Citation

De Botton, Alain. A Week at the Airport. Profile Books, 2009.

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Topic
Discovery Originality Creativity
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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.

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How apt the poor are to be proud!

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Author

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Source
Twelfth Night, Or What You Will
Medium
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Genre
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Statement Type
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Language
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Time
1602 1600s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Twelfth Night, Or What You Will. 1602, Middle Temple Hall, London, England, UK, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

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