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

Idea, Absence, Boredom

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

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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."

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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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"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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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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"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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"Perhaps my information hurt the Soviet Union more than it helped. I have no idea. It was not something I ever discussed with the KGB officers that I was dealing with."

Aldrich Ames, American Criminal

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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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"You can measure opportunity with the same yardstick that measures the risk involved. They go together."

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"Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm."

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"All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination."

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"We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we've established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile."

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"The mind moves in the direction of our currently dominant thoughts."

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"Picture yourself in your minds eye as having already achieved this goal. See yourself doing the things you'll be doing when you've reached your goal."

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"Everything that's really worthwhile in life comes to us."

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"Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use."

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