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" Creativity was born out of necessity because I didn't have many things to play with. "
Born
Because
Creativity
" I'd take garbage, and I'd glue them together and create inventions. "
Create
Inventions
Together
" If I don't do something constructive every day, I feel like I have wasted my time, and I almost feel guilty for not doing something I could have learned from. "
Like
Feel
Day
" I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art. "
Science
Will
Friends
" I just think we need to find a way, because we don't dispose of them very well; they have very bad chemicals in them. If we could just find a way, maybe start at a small step with eliminating batteries perhaps in small electronic devices, and then possibly in the future go bigger, that would be great. "
Step
Future
Think
" I know a lot of people around the world have these problems where there's just no light, no electricity, nothing. "
People
World
Light
" I'm probably not as good in the topics that I'm less passionate about than the ones I spend all my time on. "
Less
My Time
Passionate
" I'm really interested in harvesting surplus energy, energy that surrounds but we never really use. "
Never
Energy
Interested
" I'm sure we've all had that annoying experience when we desperately need a flashlight, we find one, and the batteries are out. Imagine how much money we would save and the amount of toxins leached into the soil, etc., reduced if we didn't use any batteries in flashlights! "
Money
Find
Experience
" I studied physics 12 in summer school after I completed grade 12. Did I enjoy it initially? No, I had found physics difficult since grade 11, and I struggled a lot. Did I learn from it? Yes, and as I improved, I started enjoying it more. "
Physics
Summer
Enjoy
" I think everything starts with an idea. No matter how crazy it is, you should always try to bring it to life. "
You
Always
Crazy
" I think it is important to have a balance of science and arts to be able to be accessible in either fields. "
Balance
Arts
Think
" I think parents are probably really excited for their kids and want to give them everything. But there should be a limit on how much you give your kids. Because kids are quite creative, especially at a young age when they don't really know what rules are. "
You
Parents
Know
" It is important for me to remember that time learning anything substantial, even if it's not my favourite topic, is time well used. "
Learning
Time
Remember
" It's very hard to juggle a science fair project as well as your schoolwork. "
Your
Hard
Fair
" I was always taking garbage from around the house and making my own toys. I wasn't given a Wii or an Xbox or anything. "
Own
My Own
Always
" I was listed in 'Time Magazine''s 'Thirty under Thirty' and have given three TED Talks, too. "
Given
Too
Time
" Just because you're in college, or a university student, that does not mean you're the only thing you are. "
Just Because
College
You
" Maybe thermoelectricity will be able to power a tablet someday. "
Will
Someday
Able
" My attention span has never been on point - in school as well - unless I'm very, very, very into something. "
Attention Span
Attention
School
" My biggest hurdle usually has to do with concentration. I have a tendency to kind of start working on something, and then, all of a sudden, I'll totally divert and do something totally different. "
Concentration
Kind
Start
" My first toy was a box of transistors. "
First
Toy
Box
" Not being given everything encourages you to create... That was one of the first steps for me learning to invent things. "
Create
Everything
Me
" Phone screens are too small to properly appreciate YouTube videos. "
Phone
Small
Too
" Sport is one way of keeping kids off their phones. "
Kids
Phones
One Way
" What I kind of want to spread as my message to all kinds of youth that I get to reach out to is, you can do cool stuff; you've just got to put in time and be dedicated. "
You
Youth
Cool
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