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

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

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"When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me."

Brian Eno, British Musician

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"I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be."

Paul McCartney, English Musician

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"You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them."

Michael J. Fox, Canadian Actor

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"Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave."

Stephen Gardiner, British Architect

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"I guess any simple idea that is really good will catch on quickly."

John Hull, American Economist

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"We toyed with the idea of making it a double album, but I think that would only have confused everybody even more, so we decided to stick with the songs we picked."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

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"I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward."

Judy Holliday, American Actress

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"I have no idea what makes a director believe in me that I can sell these kind of roles."

Izabella Scorupco, Polish Actress

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"Yes, in fact, it's hard to believe this, but it was almost 18 years ago when I first got the idea."

Tim LaHaye, American Clergyman

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"I don't start a piece knowing exactly what effect it's going to have. There is a seed of an idea that I could never articulate, right at the beginning of the piece, literally like one cell."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

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"All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name."

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"Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else."

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"There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely."

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"Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid."

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"This free will business is a bit terrifying anyway. It's almost pleasanter to obey, and make the most of it."

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