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Idea Quotes
"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign."
Idea,
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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."
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"An idea can be as flawless as can be, but its execution will always be full of mistakes."
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"The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings."
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"New York has got this sort of wonderful romantic idea of the South."
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"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."
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"My idea of heaven is a great big baked potato and someone to share it with."
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"Most middle-class whites have no idea what it feels like to be subjected to police who are routinely suspicious, rude, belligerent, and brutal."
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"But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do."
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"Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they were too complex in character."
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"And so from that, I've always been fascinated with the idea that complexity can come out of such simplicity."
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"Well, we certainly weren't making a cartoon show for kids. It was a completely different kind of idea."
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"Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable."
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"We may take it to be the accepted idea that the Mosaic books were not handed down to us for our instruction in scientific knowledge, and that it is our duty to ground our scientific beliefs upon observation and inference, unmixed with considerations of a different order."
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"This idea of selfishness as a virtue, as opposed to generosity: That, to me, is unnatural."
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"My understanding is that Olivia had no idea what was going on."
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"If you make an error, use it as a stepping stone to a new idea you might not have otherwise discovered."
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"So organic farming practices are something that, to me, are interlinked with the idea of using biodiesel."
Idea,
41
"Many of the Europeans who want Israel to go away don't even know why they do. Nearly a third of those interviewed concede they have no idea what the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is all about. It's enough to know that Israelis are Jews."
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"I didn't even understand the whole idea of Hollywood."
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"Your idea of that dish has evolved, and if you're a cook, you can start thinking in different ways about it, maybe even a different way than I think about it."
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"The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting."
Idea,
41
"This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path."
Idea,
41
"I first pitched the idea of doing a series of cartoons based on Bible stories. They didn't much like it."
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"The main thing I'm into is going about on a bike, taking random routes; I'm really into the idea of making up journeys, and just seeing where they take you, because they always end up taking you someplace freaky."
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"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."
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"If somebody came up with a really good idea, everyone would back it. Especially when we did the show, we had a real dedication that, if you were in somebody else's scene, everyone worked their hardest to make that scene good."
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"I don't know anyone who enjoys going to the hospital. To help remedy this, I got an idea to create what a Laugh Room in the pediatric ward of hospitals."
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"I got that idea from being in India. I always like the chanting."
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