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"Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them."
Hanoi Hannah
"Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them."
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"Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments."
Robert Barany
"Even such an obvious idea as to observe an animal with vertigo or to rotate an animal did not occur to him, in spite of the fact that he conducted numerous vertigo experiments with human subjects and made frequent use of animal experiments."
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"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."
Rita Rudner
"When I eventually met Mr. Right I had no idea that his first name was Always."
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"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."
Edsger Dijkstra
"Object-oriented programming is an exceptionally bad idea which could only have originated in California."
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"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
Oscar Wilde
"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."
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"It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different."
John Archibald Wheeler
"It is my opinion that everything must be based on a simple idea. And it is my opinion that this idea, once we have finally discovered it, will be so compelling, so beautiful, that we will say to one another, yes, how could it have been any different."
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"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."
Swami Vivekananda
"When an idea exclusively occupies the mind, it is transformed into an actual physical or mental state."
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"There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer."
Robert Lynd
"There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else is an evil-doer."
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"No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite."
David Hilbert
"No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite."
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"All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman."
Charlie Chaplin
"All my pictures are built around the idea of getting in trouble and so giving me the chance to be desperately serious in my attempt to appear as a normal little gentleman."
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"The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization."
Mary Douglas
"The theory of cultural bias... is the idea that a culture is based on a particular form of organization. It can't be transplanted except to another variant of that organization."
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"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."
George Martin
"Because when the film was first mooted, the Beatles didn't like the idea at all. In fact they wouldn't have any part in it. And when Brian had committed them, it was part of a deal he did with United Artists, I think."
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"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."
Oliver Holmes, Jr.
"Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions."
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"If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path."
Jeanne Moreau
"If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path."
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"The idea is to die young as late as possible."
Ashley Montagu
"The idea is to die young as late as possible."
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"The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right."
Hailee Steinfeld
"The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right."
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"So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are."
Linda Vester
"So now my road map has changed and I don't have a really clear idea of what the next stops are."
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"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."
Joshua Homme
"Well, I think what's most important is the idea of something."
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"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."
Gary Oldman
"What's fascinating is that when you write a script, it's almost a stream of consciousness. You have an idea that it means something, but you're not always sure what. Then when you get on the set, the actors teach you."
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"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."
Gary Wright
"The idea to do the album only on keyboards kind of happened by accident. I was quite happy with the sound and felt it really didn't need more instruments, so I didn't use them."
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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
"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."
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"When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression."
Casey Affleck
"When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression."
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"It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight."
Janet Suzman
"It was but then, when you're, one of the great poisonous events that have infected us all who were in South Africa is that the idea of difference is drip fed into your veins. It's that that you fight."
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"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."
Harvey Fierstein
"But I'm not adverse to the idea of Torch Song as a musical. It would just be different. Because the play will always be there exactly as it was, and in a musical you could tell a lot of the story through songs."
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"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."
Rex Harrison
"Exhilaration is that feeling you get just after a great idea hits you, and just before you realize what's wrong with it."
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"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"
Audrey Hepburn
"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"
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"Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue."
Hermione Gingold
"Fighting is essentially a masculine idea; a woman's weapon is her tongue."
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"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."
Jerry Stiller
"I loved the idea of touching base with an audience."
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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
"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."
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"I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind."
Zach Braff
"I always liked the story of Noah's Ark and the idea of starting anew by rescuing the things you like and leaving the rest behind."
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"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."
Billy Sherwood
"You know, I am just a musician and I have no idea these days what good and bad is in terms of labels."
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"There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion."
Bill Pullman
"There was an idea of accepting everyone; there was no sense of exclusion."
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"It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me during an investigation of the effect discovered by Kerr on light reflected by magnetic mirrors."
Pieter Zeeman
"It was not simply out of a spirit of contradiction that I exposed a light source to magnetic forces. The idea came to me during an investigation of the effect discovered by Kerr on light reflected by magnetic mirrors."
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"The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event."
Ethel Barrymore
"The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event."
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"I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film."
Philip Seymour Hoffman
"I didn't have any idea that I would be able to have a career in film."
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"I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did."
Louis Freeh
"I wanted all my visits to be official. When I sent the pass back with a note, I had no idea it would antagonize the president. I found out years later that it did."
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"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."
Natalie Imbruglia
"I like the idea of growing old gracefully and full of wrinkles... like Audrey Hepburn."
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"Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme."
Joanna Newsom
"Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme."
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"I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana."
Phil Donahue
"I think the idea of creating a television news source that is not beholden to corporate interests is nirvana."
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"Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song."
Thurston Moore
"Each member does whatever they want with the song and it totally changes it from whatever idea I hear around it. It turns it into a Sonic Youth song and completely away from it being a solo song."
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"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."
Mick Taylor
"Maybe if I go far enough back into my ancestry, I have African roots or something. I've got no idea."
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"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."
Arnold H. Glasow
"An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied."
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"I think a duet with Janet is a great idea."
Paula Abdul
"I think a duet with Janet is a great idea."
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"And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing."
James MacArthur
"And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing."
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"The idea of running around and screaming about Jason Voorhees trying to kill you was fun."
Lexa Doig
"The idea of running around and screaming about Jason Voorhees trying to kill you was fun."
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"I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike."
Rob Morrow
"I'm into the idea of responsibility and edification and these things have found me and I have found them. I wanted to be in the movie and I made it known to Mike."
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"No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic."
Jennifer Saunders
"No, sometimes we just have to take liberties because the idea was so good. I wish we'd just gone with the idea that Patsy had been a man. It would have been fantastic."
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"I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing."
Leonard Nimoy
"I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing."
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"I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me."
Michael Nesmith
"I haven't been out in the marketplace in a while. I'm thinking about going back into it. I've got some things set up over the next couple of months just to go and see. But I have no idea what the specific way to a solution is anymore. It's mysterious to me."
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"It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime."
John Ashcroft
"It doesn't help to wait until something happens and then prosecute the offenders, especially if it's the idea of the offender to extinguish himself in the commission of the crime."
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