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Ken Thompson

"I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it."

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"I also have an idea for a book on biodiversity, and why and how we should be conserving it."

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"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."

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"There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas."

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"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

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"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"

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"The real battlefield is the realm of ideas."

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"Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!"

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"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!"

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"You can always borrow ideas; but unless you improve them very significantly, never behave as if they are your own!"

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