Idea Quotes
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I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.
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The most important fact about American liberty is that it has never been a single idea, but a set of different and even contrary traditions in creative tension with one another. This diversity of libertarian ideas has created a culture of freedom which is more open and expansive than any unitary tradition alone could possibly be.
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I think whoever runs next time has to have a very clear idea of where he or she wants to take America and has to run on those ideas, because the election cannot be about personalities, participants sniping, all of the irrelevant stuff the day after the election sort of dissipates, and you wake up and say, okay, now what am I going to do?
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A belief is an idea around which we close our minds.
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You have no idea what you have done.
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The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great, but then I found out I wasn't free. I'd got boxed in...The whole Beatle thing is just beyond comprehension ... subconsciously I was crying for help.
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I had the idea to become really emotionally detached, and a lot of the time I've treated people that I've cared about a lot really unfairly.
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Creating things. I love the idea of creation and creativity. Whether it's a character, a short film, a piece of music, a painting, or a bookcase - to watch something go from an idea to a creation is pretty much where it's at for me.
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If you have never been at sea in a heavy gale, you can form no idea of the confusion of mind occasioned by wind and spry together. They blind, deafen, and strangle you, and take away all power of action or reflection.
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A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.
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My idea of good company is the company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.
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The essential idea is that the quality of the result is continually at risk during the process of making.
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The idea that academics should remain ''above the fray'' only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.
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It was the perfect invention. It was simple to implement the technology, but it brought an old idea (auctions) into a new domain (the Internet).
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I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort people, not to make them feel better but to make them feel worse, to constantly put before them the degradations and humiliations they go through to get what they call a living wage.
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What could be more absurd than the idea that genuine anti-Christian prejudice is a major force in American politics.
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If an interview just serves the idea of celebrity, then I think that sucks. I don't want to do that.
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The idea of God, infinity, or spirit stands for the possible attempt at an impossible conception.
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Having a great idea is important. But having a great team is also important.
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I remember saying things, but I have no idea what was said. It was generally a friendly conversation.” —Associated Press reporter Jack Sullivan, attempting to recount a 3 A.M. exchange we had at a dinner party and inadvertently describing the past ten years of my life.
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An idea discovered is much better possessed.
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An idea which can be used only once is a trick. If one can use it more than once it becomes a method.
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A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.
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I like the idea of stepping back into another time period.
