Jean Piaget
Psychologist, Philosopher
"We learn more when we are compelled to invent."
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Compelled
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist, Philosopher
"Only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you."
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher, Rationalist
"In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth."
Toni Morrison
Novelist, Essayist
"I can't explain inspiration. A writer is either compelled to write or not. And if I waited for inspiration I wouldn't really be a writer."
Daniel Day-Lewis
Actor
"I feel less often compelled to do the work than I was in the past."
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"Obedient to constraint, I was compelled to submit"
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"The most deeply compelled action is also the freest action. By that I mean, no part of you is outside the action."
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"I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed."
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