"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

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"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

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"Every idea, both good and bad will definitely have an opposition. The fact that someone mocks your ideas and dreams does not mean they are bad. Take note!"

Israelmore Ayivor, Ghanaian Author

Ideas, Opposition, Success, Dreams

"Ideas are more difficult to kill than people, but they can be killed, in the end."

Neil Gaiman, British Author

Ideas, Idea, Power, Survival, Conflict

"The poor will look for many excuses why an idea can not be born, but the rich will also look for one excuse why an idea can be born."

Auliq Ice, Ugandan Economist

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"If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas."

Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity

Ideas, Evolution, Example, Fact

"There are tree main bulwarks of defence against new thoughts: to pay no heed, to give no credence, and finally to assert that it had already long existed."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Ideas, Defense, Neglect, Existence, Change

"I thought you could beat, pummel, and thrash an idea into existence. Under such treatment, of course, any decent idea folds up its paws, turns on its back, fixes its eyes on eternity, and dies."

Ray Bradbury, American Writer

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"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."

Thomas John Watson, Sr., American Businessman

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"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"Good designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures."

Jeffery Veen, American Entrepreneur

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Now

"There is nothing like the high of being on stage and reaping applause, especially for emotionally needy people like me!"

People

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Chicago

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"The best way for a beginner to write for animation is to closely watch animated films, then read the screenplays for them afterwards."

Animation

"I was only in one play at Steppenwolf, in the early days."

Play

"I became much happier when I realized I shouldn't depend solely on my career for my sense of self. So I developed other interests and surrounded myself with a small group of friends I could trust."

Trust

"I love all of Albert Brooks' work from Defending Your Life back to his first film, Real Life, but am sorry that he seems to have lost his edge in his more recent work."

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"But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity."

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