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Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.

Julia Cameron

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Julia Cameron
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 4
Film Director
Novelist
Poet
Screenwriter
Teacher
Writer
Libertyville
Illinois
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Creativity
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Life

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Enthusiasm is not an emotional state. It is a spiritual commitment, a loving surrender to our creative process. Enthusiasm - from the Greek, filled with God - is an ongoing energy supply tapped into the flow of life itself.
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You are either losing your mind -- or gaining your soul.
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I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.
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By listening to the creator within, we are led to our right path.
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