#invent

There's such a thing as theater discipline. One player doesn't appropriate another's inventions. ↗

— Ethel Merman

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Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. ↗

— Fridtjof Nansen

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The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than provide ready-made knowledge. ↗

— Seymour Papert

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There's definitely a pattern of great British shows that get reinvented in America and do really well here, but I think 'Torchwood' is a bit different. It's more of a hybrid that doesn't exist as a reinvention. ↗

— Bill Pullman

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Photography is essentially an act of recognition by street photographers, not an act of invention. Photographers might respond to an old man’s face, or an Arbus freak, or the way light hits a building—and then they move on. Whereas in all the other art forms, take William Blake, everything that came to that paper never existed before. It’s the idea of alchemy, of making something from nothing. ↗

— Duane Michals

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It took the madmen of yesterday for us to be able to act with extreme clarity today. I want to be one of those madmen. We must dare to invent the future. ↗

— Thomas Sankara

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From about eight years old I was always making things on the sewing machine. Friends would see me making dresses and costumes, and I'd use difficult fabrics such as Lycra and elastic. But you know, my dad was creative and my brother is inventive too. ↗

— Melissa George

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I don't think I really invented anybody. I have drawn on real life. ↗

— Arthur Hailey

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They invented hugs to let people know you love them without saying anything. ↗

— Bil Keane

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When you have a large amount of the workforce being laid off, some of them have no other choice but to go out there and invent something. ↗

— Daymond John

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