"Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does."

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"Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does."

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"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Idea, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

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

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Idea, Truth, Power, Wisdom, Life

"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still."

Lewis Thomas, English Scientist

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"But I had no idea that they were going to pull the plug so quickly."

David Selby, American Actor

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"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

Carl Sagan, American Scientist

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"There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces."

Edgard Varese, American Composer

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"I just fell into the Dylanesque idea of recording. He is real fast."

Bob Seger, American Musician

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"You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea."

Earl Nightingale, American Entertainer

Idea, Absence, Boredom

"Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue."

Yancy Butler, American Actress

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"I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying."

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"My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked."

Time

"And I'm not trying to write heavy songs."

Music

"I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go."

Time

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

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"It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning."

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"There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing."

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"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

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

"We are, perhaps, uniquely among the earth's creatures, the worrying animal. We worry away our lives, fearing the future, discontent with the present, unable to take in the idea of dying, unable to sit still."

"But I had no idea that they were going to pull the plug so quickly."

"A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism."

"There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces."

"I just fell into the Dylanesque idea of recording. He is real fast."

"You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea."

"Falsity cannot keep an idea from being beautiful; there are certain errors of such ingenuity that one could regret their not ranking among the achievements of the human mind."

"I'm open to sci-fi, but I was never a diehard fan. I have no idea why it keeps following me. I'm extremely lucky, I guess; it's a lucrative venue."

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"I can't think of anything off the top of my head that seems more important than something designed to raise money to keep something going that keeps IV drug users from dying."

"My girlfriend at the time convinced me to send these songs to Cavity Search. When they wanted to put out my record I was totally shocked."

"And I'm not trying to write heavy songs."

"I didn't have a hard time making it, I had a hard time letting it go."

"It was kind of ridiculous to carry it up to a certain point and then drop the ball or the bomb, like quitting the band right after we had signed to Virgin."

"It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning."

"The band's filter, but playing live is a lot of fun."

"If you play acoustic guitar you're the depressed, sensitive guy."

"I wondered if I would talk about drug use. But I guess, why hide it?"

"There's always that argument to make - that you're in better company historically if people don't understand what you're doing."