"I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems."

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"I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems."

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"I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons."

Paul Conrad, American Cartoonist

Idea, Cartoons

"You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations."

Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist

Idea, World, Years

"There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource."

Johnny Vegas, British Comedian

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"I shall always respect the composer. If I embellish, it is his idea I am embellishing."

Kate Smith, American Musician

Idea, Respect

"The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea."

John Sebastian, American Musician

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"'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else."

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

Idea, Man, Nothing

"I have a good idea every two years. Give me a topic, I will give you the idea!"

Fritz Zwicky, Swiss Scientist

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"My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors."

Bette Midler, American Actress

Idea,

"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Inspirational

"He looked at the silver pocketknife in his hand. An idea came to him " possibly the stupidest, craziest idea he'd had since he thought, Hey, I'll get Percy to swim in the River Styx! He'll love me for that!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Idea, Humor, Truth, Power, Wisdom

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"Let's face facts, this is visual medium, there's a very high premium put on people who are good-looking. But the minute you rely on that you get yourself in trouble. You certainly don't make a career out of that anymore as an actor."

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"There are people who would rather choke than go see my movies. They write me letters all the time."

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"I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like to pursue."

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