Inspiration, inspire, INSPIRE, or inspired commonly refers to:
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Artistic inspiration
Inspiration (from the Latin ''inspirare'', meaning "to breathe into") is a burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or visual art and other artistic endeavours without thinking. The concept has origins in both Hellenism and Hebraism. The ...
, sudden creativity in artistic production
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Biblical inspiration
Biblical inspiration is the doctrine in Christian theology that the human writers and canonizers of the Bible were led by God with the result that their writings may be designated in some sense the word of God. This belief is traditionally asso ...
, a Christian doctrine on the origin of the Bible
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Inhalation
Inhalation (or inspiration) happens when air or other gases enter the lungs.
Inhalation of air
Inhalation of air, as part of the cycle of breathing, is a vital process for all human life. The process is autonomic (though there are exceptions ...
, breathing in
Inspiration and related terms may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Inspiration'' (1915 film), a silent drama known for featuring nudity
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''Inspiration'' (1931 film), starring Greta Garbo
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''Inspiration'' (1948 film), an animated short directed by Karel Zeman
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''Inspirations'' (film), a 1997 documentary directed by Michael Apted
Music
Albums
* ''Inspiration'', a 2000 album by
Jane McDonald
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The Inspiration
''Thug Motivation 102: The Inspiration'' is the fourth studio album by American rapper Young Jeezy. It was released on December 12, 2006, by Corporate Thugz Entertainment, and Def Jam Recordings. Production was handled by Shawty Redd, Timbala ...
'', a 2006 album by Young Jeezy
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''Inspiration'' (Aziza Mustafa Zadeh album), 2000
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''Inspiration'' (Cathy Dennis album), 1993
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''Inspiration'' (Eddie Henderson album), 1994
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''Inspiration'' (Elkie Brooks album), 1989
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''Inspiration'' (Maze album), 1979
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''Inspiration'' (Sam Rivers album), 1999
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''Inspiration'' (Shinhwa album), 2006
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''Inspiration'' (Tammy Wynette album), 1969
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''Inspiration'' (William Hung album), 2004
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''Inspiration'' (Yngwie Malmsteen album), 1996
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''Inspirations'' (Saxon album), 2021
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''Inspire'' (Casiopea album), 2002
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''Inspire'' (Jack Vidgen album), 2012
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''Inspire'' (La'Mule album), 1998
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''Inspired'' (album), 2007, by Lea Salonga
Songs
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"Inspire" (song), 2004, by Ayumi Hamasaki
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"Inspired" (song), 2017, by Miley Cyrus
Periodicals
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''Inspire'' (magazine), an online magazine published by the militant Islamist organization al-Qaeda
* ''Inspire'', a newsletter on intellectual property published by
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Other arts, entertainment, and media
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''Inspiration'' (sculpture), a 2010 public artwork by American artist Ethan Kerber
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Inspiration FM, a community radio station in Northampton, United Kingdom
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The Inspiration Network, a worldwide family and religious cable-television network
Brands and enterprises
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Carnival Inspiration'', a cruise ship
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Honda Inspire, a motor car
* Inspiration, a range of diver's rebreathing apparatus made by
AP Diving
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Inspiration (car), a 21st century steam-propelled motor car
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Inspire (company), a healthcare social network
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Inspire (fragrance), by Christina Aguilera
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Inspire Academy, an academy for young actors founded by Luke Gell in Nottingham, England
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Inspire Brands, an American fast-food restaurant franchise company
Other uses
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ANA Inspiration
The Chevron Championship is a professional women's golf tournament. An event on the LPGA Tour, it is one of the tour's five major championships, and has traditionally been the first of the season since its elevation to major status in 1983. Sinc ...
, a women's golf tournament
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Inspiration (racehorse), a Hong Kong–based thoroughbred racehorse
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Inspiration, Arizona, a US ghost town
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INSPIRE (EU directive), the Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community directive
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INSPIRE-HEP
INSPIRE-HEP is an open access digital library for the field of high energy physics (HEP). It is the successor of the Stanford Physics Information Retrieval System (SPIRES) database, the main literature database for high energy physics since the 1 ...
, a database of particle physics literature
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Space Shuttle ''Inspiration'', a full-scale Space Shuttle mockup
See also
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Inspiration4, a 2021 space tourism flight
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Inspirational fiction
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Inspirational music
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Muse
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, the Muses (, ) were the Artistic inspiration, inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric p ...
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