"In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style."

Idea, Pen, Style, Will

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"In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style."

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"I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons."

Paul Conrad, American Cartoonist

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"You kind of alluded to it in your introduction. I mean, for the last 300 or so years, the exact sciences have been dominated by what is really a good idea, which is the idea that one can describe the natural world using mathematical equations."

Stephen Wolfram, English Scientist

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"There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if you've got comics who are gifted because of where they're from, you shouldn't drag them away from that natural resource."

Johnny Vegas, British Comedian

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"The Jug Band was exactly what I wanted to do, and it wasn't my idea."

John Sebastian, American Musician

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

Ugo Betti, Italian Playwright

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"My idea of superwoman is someone who scrubs her own floors."

Bette Midler, American Actress

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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!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"He looked at the silver pocketknife in his hand. An idea came to him " possibly the stupidest, craziest idea he'd had since he thought, Hey, I'll get Percy to swim in the River Styx! He'll love me for that!"

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

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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."

Elliott Smith, American Musician

Idea, Public

"They're trying to beat out this movie, the Ring, which is a similar idea. Our movie is about a website you visit and die in three days. Their movie is about a videotape you watch - and die in three days."

Stephen Dorff, American Actor

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