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Some ways of using our thinking are really inspiring. There are people who use their thinking to race cars. People use their thinking to build rockets to the moon. It's all just a use of your thinking.

Michael Nesmith

Musician · American · b. 1942

When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!

Judy Collins

Musician · American · b. 1939

I get my inspiration from everyone when I need it and how I need it.

Picabo Street

Athlete · American · b. 1971

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

Tony Dorsett

Athlete · American · b. 1954

For hundreds of years people have talked about artists having inspiration, but often, some persons would say, write us a symphony or write us a song, on commission. The artists would come up with a masterpiece without waiting to have their muse inspire them.

Tom Glazer

Musician · American · 1914 – 2003

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street.

Ben Nicholas

Actor · Australian · b. 1987

I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.

James Galway

Musician · Irish · b. 1939

Insomnia is my greatest inspiration.

Jon Stewart

Entertainer · American · b. 1962

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

Nick Cave

Musician · Australian · b. 1957

Inspiration is the key to everything.

Olivia Wilde

Actress · American · b. 1984

In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

Utada Hikaru

Musician · Japanese · b. 1983

My inspiration was the game itself, not any individual player in it.

Nomar Garciaparra

Athlete · American · b. 1973

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss.

Robin Gibb

Musician · English · b. 1949

Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.

Anil Kapoor

Actor · Indian · b. 1959

I came back to performing with a different attitude about performing and myself. I wasn't expecting perfection any more, just hoping for an occasional inspiration.

Neil Diamond

Musician · American · b. 1941

Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself.

Anita Hill

Celebrity · b. 1956

I would like to be called an inspiration to people, not a role model - because I make mistakes like everybody else. When I'm offstage, I'm just like everybody else.

Britney Spears

Musician · b. 1981

I get a lot of inspiration from the audience feedback to our live shows.

Donnie Iris

Musician · American · b. 1943

Before my accident I was a little too... selfish and self-absorbed and for me, to now be at the place where I can kinda give back and inspire people. I'm blessed. I'm really blessed.

Rick Allen

Musician · b. 1963

I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the fans and the audience, they always say that they would love to have all of the remixes on one CD.

Deborah Cox

Musician · Canadian · b. 1973

I would love to meet Kelly Clarkson and if I get the chance to I would tell her thank you so much for the inspiration.

Thia Megia

Musician · American · b. 1995

Technique is what you fall back on when you run out of inspiration.

Rudolf Nureyev

Dancer · Russian · 1938 – 1993

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old.

Jimmy Chamberlin

Musician · American · b. 1964

When I started studying tenor saxophone as a kid in Belfast, I did so with a guy named George Cassidy, who was also a big inspiration.

Van Morrison

Musician · British · b. 1945

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and I'm a great people watcher. You can draw inspiration from people.

Amanda Burton

Actress · Irish · b. 1957

I'm not the same person I was. I used to act dumb. It was an act. I am 26 years old, and that act is no longer cute. It is not who I am, nor do I want to be that person for the young girls who looked up to me. I know now that I can make a difference, that I have the power to do that.

Paris Hilton

Celebrity · American · b. 1981

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

Robert Englund

Actor · American · b. 1949

I think you grow through your experiences; you get better as you grow and I'm not nearly where I think I'm going to be eventually where I inspire to be and hopefully the opportunities will continue to come.

Nia Long

Actress · American · b. 1970

If the script is telling the story well, that is your inspiration, and you do not need to go somewhere else.

Tom Wilkinson

Actor · British · b. 1948

I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically. I need to hear what I am doing in order to create the next note. If I don't hear it then I can't feed myself.

Michael Schenker

Musician · German · b. 1955

It makes me feel wonderful that people still care for me... that I have so many fans among young people, who write to me and tell me I have been an inspiration.

Bettie Page

Model · American · 1923 – 2008

Another inspiration that has helped me get through has been Lance Armstrong's story. My cancer is not nearly as bad as his, but I believe in staying motivated and keeping as fit as you can.

Grete Waitz

Athlete · Norwegian · b. 1953

Every piece has its own identity which we develop by the rule 'We know no limits.' We follow the inspiration of the moment and don't worry if what we're playing is alternative, progressive or fusion rock.

Page McConnell

Musician · American · b. 1963

It is the inspiration of the Olympic Games that drives people not only to compete but to improve, and to bring lasting spiritual and moral benefits to the athlete and inspiration to those lucky enough to witness the athletic dedication.

Herb Elliott

Athlete · Australian · b. 1938

So I just had to step up how I was doing it and the moment that I stepped up and the moment I focused all my energy on that is when things started to happen. So there's a direct relationship between my inspiration and my output.

Talib Kweli

Musician · American · b. 1975

I've done a lot of albums and I kinda know when I'm onto something that was inspirational for me to record and create, and this was one of those projects where I really enjoyed making the album.

Lee Ritenour

Musician · American · b. 1952

Faith has to do with things that are not seen and hope with things that are not at hand.

Thomas Aquinas

Theologian · Italian

If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.

Charles Caleb Colton

Writer · English

The men who have furnished me with my greatest inspiration have not been men of wealth, but men of deeds.

James Cash Penney

Businessman · American · 1875 – 1971

In economics, hope and faith coexist with great scientific pretension and also a deep desire for respectability.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Economist · American · 1908 – 2006

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.

Plato

Philosopher · Greek

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

Bo Bennett

Businessman · American · b. 1972

A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.

Les Brown

Businessman · American

Faith, like a jackal, feeds among the tombs, and even from these dead doubts she gathers her most vital hope.

Herman Melville

Novelist · American · 1819 – 1891

Hope, like faith, is nothing if it is not courageous; it is nothing if it is not ridiculous.

Thornton Wilder

Novelist · American · 1897 – 1975

Sometimes even the greatest joys bring challenge, and children with special needs inspire a very, very special love.

Sarah Palin

Politician · American · b. 1964

For a season, a gifted speaker can inspire with his words, but for a lifetime John McCain has inspired with his deeds.

Sarah Palin

Politician · American · b. 1964

Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.

George Henry Lewes

Philosopher · English · 1817 – 1878

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