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"As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice."

"As long as I was breathing with the contractions and not pushing against them, I felt better. That idea is fundamental-to feel pain and not to resist; to go towards it. It is an incredibly spiritual practice."

Christy Turlington, American Model

Idea, Pain, Practice, Spiritual

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"Look, the hard-line Jewish position is based, to this day, on the idea that the Palestinian Arabs somehow or other will either accept third-class status, or they will pick up and go away. Now, this isn't happening."

"Look, the hard-line Jewish position is based, to this day, on the idea that the Palestinian Arabs somehow or other will either accept third-class status, or they will pick up and go away. Now, this isn't happening."

Arthur Hertzberg, Polish Theologian

Idea, Day, Now, Will

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"No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated."

"No doubt these rocky islands have suggested the idea worked out in gardens, and they have been well imitated."

Robert Fortune, Scottish Scientist

Idea, Doubt, Gardens, Islands

18

"It's got to be weird to sit in an office all day and deal with these creative types without having any idea of what they do or how they do it."

"It's got to be weird to sit in an office all day and deal with these creative types without having any idea of what they do or how they do it."

Ron Livingston, American Actor

Idea, Day, Office

18

"The reason the Jews hate Nazis is primarily because they didn't come up with the idea first."

"The reason the Jews hate Nazis is primarily because they didn't come up with the idea first."

Tom Metzger, American Celebrity

Idea, First, Hate, Reason

18

"Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship."

"Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship."

Krist Novoselic, American Musician

Idea, Play, Songs

18

"I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems."

"I wanted to be president of the United States. I really did. The older I get, the less preposterous the idea seems."

Alec Baldwin, American Actor

Idea, President, states, United

18

"If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment."

"If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment."

Tim Robbins, American Actor

Idea, Growth, Investment

18

"I've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration."

"I've got billions of sparrows to worry about as well as everything else'. So there's the whole idea that whatever it is that you believe, it can never be valid unless you have some consensus reality demonstration."

Todd Rundgren, American Musician

Idea, Reality, Sparrows, Worry

18

"The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent."

"The idea of a Japanese comedian was not only a rarity, it was non-existent."

Pat Morita, Japanese Actor

18

"The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere."

"The hardest thing is the idea. Ideas come from somewhere but as far as we know they come from nowhere."

Ian Hunter, English Musician

18

"I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them."

"I don't champion the idea of being in a Hollywood movie. I never had fun in one of them."

Armand Assante, American Actor

Idea, Being, Fun, Hollywood

18

"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."

"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

Idea, Beginning, Effect, Right

18

"I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had."

"I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had."

Illeana Douglas, American Actress

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"Paris is always a good idea."

"Paris is always a good idea."

Audrey Hepburn, Belgian Actress

18

"I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well."

"I've no idea what Eddie Irvine's orders are, but he's following them superlatively well."

Murray Walker, English Entertainer

17

"There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals."

"There's this idea that if you take your clothes off, somehow you must have loose morals."

Demi Moore, American Actress

Idea, Clothes, Morals

17

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."

"I find the idea of today's icons being teenagers incredibly uninspiring."

Kathleen Turner, American Actress

Idea, Being, Teenagers, Today

17

"Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea."

"Darwin himself recorded the fact that he accepted the Malthusian idea."

Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity

17

"I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it."

"I will be the focal point for however long I decide to play. Half of me likes that idea and half of me doesn't, but once the adrenaline kicks in, I'll probably really enjoy it."

Martin Gore, English Musician

Idea, Play, Will

17

"When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert."

"When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert."

Nobuo Uematsu, Japanese Composer

Idea, Selling, Fantasy, Talk

17

"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."

"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."

Sydney Smith, English Clergyman

Idea, Pen, Style, Will

17

"I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening."

"I guess my idea of a good audience is one that's quiet and listens, but also that's alive: they respond, they're getting the jokes, they're with me. And that' s been happening."

Dan Hicks, American Musician

Idea, Jokes, Quiet

17

"Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer."

"Venom was a band that strongly influenced the image and the idea behind Slayer."

Tom Araya, American Musician

17

"Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea."

"Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea."

Dave Rowntree, English Musician

17

"I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest."

"I studied with the idea of becoming a Catholic priest."

Peter Jurasik, American Actor

17

"So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting."

"So from an actor's perspective, you really have no idea how you're acting."

Ice T, American Musician

Idea, Acting, Actor, Perspective

17

"I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea."

"I keep very weird hours. I never know when I'm going to get an idea."

Sergio Aragones, Spanish Cartoonist

17

"I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions."

"I'd always liked the idea that drama acts at its best as a kind of arena for debate, not just about the thing itself, but also producing aesthetic, stylistic, political and moral discussions."

Jeremy Northam, English Actor

Idea, Debate, Drama

17

"I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though."

"I have a rough idea when I walk into a studio though."

Tom Jenkinson, English Musician

17

"It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it."

"It's a very smart and heartfelt movie and that's why, I think, we're all drawn to it. We really showed up for this with this collective idea that it was really ambitious, but we felt we all really had something to gain from it."

Robert Downey, Jr., American Actor

Idea, Gain, Robert Downey, Jr.

17

"I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me."

"I have no idea what I'm doin'. I've never seen me."

Mose Allison, American Musician

17

"I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it."

"I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it."

Joseph Barbera, American Cartoonist

Idea, Bible, Cartoons, First

17

"The basic idea in case-based, or CBR, is that the program has stored problems and solutions. Then, when a new problem comes up, the program tries to find a similar problem in its database by finding analogous aspects between the problems."

"The basic idea in case-based, or CBR, is that the program has stored problems and solutions. Then, when a new problem comes up, the program tries to find a similar problem in its database by finding analogous aspects between the problems."

Marvin Minsky, American Scientist

17

"I hate the idea of getting in a building that someone else has designed and having to do something to it yourself to sort of dress it up - it's like using presets in your tracks."

"I hate the idea of getting in a building that someone else has designed and having to do something to it yourself to sort of dress it up - it's like using presets in your tracks."

Sean Booth, English Musician

Idea, Building, Dress, Hate

17

"The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then the only way that you can do this is to produce a pattern which never repeats itself."

"The idea is if you use those two shapes and try to colour the plane with them so the colours match, then the only way that you can do this is to produce a pattern which never repeats itself."

Roger Penrose, English Physicist

17

"This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well."

"This was a really big opportunity. This script was even mediocre. The idea was great, but Jay came on with his guys made it great and very specific. It all came together well."

Sean William Scott, American Actor

Idea, Opportunity

16

"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."

"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

Idea, Chance, Order, Television

16

"I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer."

"I embrace the idea that I'm an entertainer."

Wayne Coyne, American Musician

16

"Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out."

"Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out."

Joe Rogan, American Comedian

Idea, Action, Living

16

"Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal."

"Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal."

Benjamin Spock, American Scientist

16

"I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake."

"I think for anybody reading the book they're going to get an idea in their heads of all those characters, and I think that once that gets fixed, it's quite hard to shake."

Hugh Dancy, British Actor

16

"The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words."

"The atheistic idea is so nonsensical that I cannot put it into words."

Lord Kelvin, Irish Scientist

16

"The due process of law as we use it, I believe, rests squarely on the liberal idea of conflict and resolution."

"The due process of law as we use it, I believe, rests squarely on the liberal idea of conflict and resolution."

June L. Trapp, American Author

Idea, Conflict, Law, Liberal

16

"I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea."

"I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea."

Paul Conrad, American Cartoonist

16

"I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy."

"I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy."

Wynton Marsalis, American Musician

Idea, Corruption, Democracy, Eyes

16

"I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing."

"I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing."

Owen Hart, Canadian Entertainer

Idea, Retirement, Right

16

"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."

"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

16

"Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit."

"Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit."

David Mamet, American Dramatist

Idea, Nothing, Spirit

16

"Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury."

"Some stars like to hide behind the whole idea of acting. But really good actors are not hiding at all. They're not afraid to be disliked, to be a little unsavoury."

Mary Mastrantonio, American Actress

Idea, Acting, Actors, Stars

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