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"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."
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"If unconventional ideas = sperm, then public opinion = abortion."

"It is easy to destroy a book, but an idea once implanted has roots no man can utterly destroy."

"I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed."

"All we did was to sit around, collect some ideas, wait and see what's going to happen. That was it."

"Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook."

"It is not of the essence of mathematics to be conversant with the ideas of number and quantity."

"I had no new ideas on the physics we might learn, and I could not compete with the younger generation."
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"You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure."

"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."

"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?"

"Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of "crackpot" than the stigma of conformity."
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