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"Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas."

"Back when I was jamming with Axl and the guys they had boxes of cassettes with song ideas. How do you know which ones you like now when you have that many ideas."

Zakk Wylde, American Musician

Ideas, Now, Song

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"I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes."

"I wanted to do Playboy to get across the same ideas I'm singing and writing about these days. It's all about proving that a woman can defy stereotypes."

Jody Watley, American Musician

Ideas, Singing, Woman, Writing

17

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

"If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied."

Alfred Nobel, Swedish Scientist

17

"So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course."

"So we can't go backwards, we can only go where the evolutionary trajectory is taking us and attune our ideas about ourselves and our existence to that course."

Thom Mayne, American Architect

Ideas, Existence

17

"I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day."

"I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas - I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day."

Gustav Mahler, Austrian Composer

17

"Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires."

"Ideas have unhinged the gates of empires."

Paul Harris, American Entertainer

17

"Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and things were starting to click."

"Despite a few really bad days we had quite a lot of fun making Low, especially when all the radical ideas were making sense and things were starting to click."

Tony Visconti, American Musician

Ideas, Fun, Radical, Sense

17

"As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses."

"As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses."

Frederic Raphael, British Screenwriter

Ideas, America, University

17

"The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in."

"The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in."

Thom Mayne, American Architect

Ideas, Multiplicity

16

"Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events."

"Cartoons have always been an enjoyment to me... a relaxation... I get my ideas from everyday events."

Matthew Ashford, American Actor

Ideas, Cartoons, Enjoyment, Events

16

"For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas."

"For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas."

Joey Ramone, American Musician

Ideas, Country, England

16

"Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it."

"Then we tried to come up with ideas for the sketches, and then, when we actually shot the movie, we really just sat down - never previewed the movie - we just really winged it."

Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer

16

"Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece."

"Then I came in twice a week - for my own enjoyment as well as to be a guide. And then we started to apply some of the splinters of the ideas back into the piece."

Siobhan Davies, English Dancer

Ideas, Enjoyment

16

"Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible."

"Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible."

Pearl Bailey, American Actress

16

"Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not."

"Archimedes will be remembered when Aeschylus is forgotten, because languages die and mathematical ideas do not."

G. H. Hardy, British Mathematician

16

"My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter."

"My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter."

Harrison Birtwistle, British Composer

16

"Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country."

"Although all new ideas are born in France, they are not readily adopted there. It seems that they must first commence to prosper in a foreign country."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

Ideas, Country, First, France

16

"Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there."

"Whereas you have someone like Houdini, who works really, really hard to get really, really famous, and then has actual intellectual ideas that he puts into the culture that stay there."

Penn Jillette, American Entertainer

Ideas, Culture, Famous

16

"In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace. called a mall, we should not abridge that right."

"In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace. called a mall, we should not abridge that right."

Sol Wachtler, American Judge

Ideas, Open, Past, Public

16

"The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas."

"The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas."

Miles Davis, American Musician

Ideas, Artist, Jazz, Man

16

"I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well."

"I had my own musical ideas that Mick helped me with as well."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

16

"In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis."

"In the past 3-4 years I've developed a habit of keeping numerous small cassette recorders in my house and in a bag with me so that I'm able to commit to tape memory song ideas on a constant basis."

Dwight Yoakam, American Musician

Ideas, Habit, Memory, Past

16

"You have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow back and forth, we don't quite understand yet."

"You have to have access to ideas. The Internet is facilitating that access to ideas. In 25 years, the way that data's going to flow back and forth, we don't quite understand yet."

Michael Nesmith, American Musician

Ideas, Internet, Years

16

"Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas."

"Adults are always asking kids what they want to be when they grow up because they are looking for ideas."

Paula Poundstone, American Comedian

Ideas, Kids, Want

16

"I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right."

"I've written more songs for this record than I ever have in the past so I'm trying to give it a lot of special attention to be sure my ideas really get translated right."

Suzy Bogguss, American Musician

Ideas, Attention, Past, Right

15

"It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say."

"It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say."

Lucinda Williams, American Musician

Ideas, Living, World

15

"Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes."

"Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes."

Juliette Binoche, French Actress

15

"I have always watched the rushes, and have learned more because I have done so, because you can have all manner of ideas in your head, but they have to end up on the screen."

"I have always watched the rushes, and have learned more because I have done so, because you can have all manner of ideas in your head, but they have to end up on the screen."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

15

"I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants."

"I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants."

Jacqueline Bisset, English Actress

Ideas, Preparation, Will

15

"Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas."

"Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas."

Lewis Black, American Comedian

Ideas, Democrats, Nothing, Republicans

14

"A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas."

"A major fault, for example, is the fact that, along with the materialist principle, Darwin introduced into his theory of evolution reactionary Malthusian ideas."

Trofim Lysenko, Russian Celebrity

Ideas, Evolution, Example, Fact

14

"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."

"The production team's first meeting took place at my house. I had ideas and a color scheme in mind, how I wanted the movie to look, because that has to be a real collaboration."

Debbie Allen, American Actress

Ideas, Collaboration, First, Meeting

14

"I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe."

"I'm sure Church got some of his ideas from this trip to Europe."

Stephen Cole Kleene, American Mathematician

Ideas, Church, Europe

14

"One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee."

"One of the ideas behind doing this acoustic record is that I didn't want to have to produce it by committee."

Robyn Hitchcock, English Musician

Ideas, Committee, Want

14

"It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date."

"It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date."

Roger von Oech, American Author

Ideas, Will, Years

14

"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."

"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas of enthusiasm."

Thomas John Watson, Sr., American Businessman

Ideas, Enthusiasm, Accomplishments, Man

14

"I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America."

"I've always been very interested in the struggle for human rights, not just here but abroad, and I wanted to be an inside player in that struggle. I wanted to make the laws reflect our ideals and ideas in this democracy that is America."

Leah Ward Sears, American Judge

Ideas, America, Democracy, Rights

14

"I get very driven by certain themes and ideas."

"I get very driven by certain themes and ideas."

Alex Winter, American Actor

14

"Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action."

"Try out your ideas by visualizing them in action."

David Seabury, American Psychologist

14

"There are MAYBE 30 years worth of ideas out there... watch for the feature version of ER in about 25 years... Hollywood has become hopelessly chained to the bottom line."

"There are MAYBE 30 years worth of ideas out there... watch for the feature version of ER in about 25 years... Hollywood has become hopelessly chained to the bottom line."

Bruce Campbell, American Actor

Ideas, Hollywood, Worth, Years

14

"You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision."

"You don't run for public office unless you have a specific vision. You are driven by ideas and a vision."

Julie Nixon Eisenhower, American Celebrity

Ideas, Vision, Office, Public

14

"If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly."

"If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly."

Namie Amuro, Japanese Musician

14

"I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed."

"I think he's informing himself, reaching out and getting ideas and information and advice. I haven't the slightest doubt that internally taking shape in that marvelous brain of his is a philosophy of foreign affairs. But it would be premature to say that one is fully formed."

Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer

Ideas, Advice, Doubt, Information

13

"I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12."

"I'm still constantly thinking of ideas. I don't feel 90. I think I'm about 12."

Norman Wisdom, English Comedian

Ideas, Thinking

13

"If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed."

"If Pakistan has any ideas of annexing any part of our territories by force, she should think afresh. I want to state categorically that force will be met with force and aggression against us will never be allowed to succeed."

Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indian Leader

Ideas, Aggression, Force, State

13

"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom."

"The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom."

Lady Bird Johnson, American First Lady

Ideas, Freedom, Sound

13

"In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left."

"In fact, I think that Governor Clinton, when he was running, and President Clinton, when he was serving, actually governed with a wide range of advisors and a perspective that blended the best of ideas from the center and the left."

John Podesta, American Lawyer

Ideas, Fact, Perspective, President

13

"I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing."

"I'm definitely responsible for coming in with some basic chord changes, or ideas. Everybody in the band looks to me to come up with the basic seed, so it's not very productive to come in with nothing."

Billy Corgan, American Musician

13

"I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way."

"I've had really great experiences working with first-time directors. They come at filmmaking with fresh ideas. I've been very lucky that way."

Jeff Bridges, American Actor

13

"These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness."

"These are ideas. I could say that they just came to me, but it would be more accurate to say that I went to them. Ideas - and new connections between ideas - lead you away from commonly held perceptions of reality. Ideas lead you out here. Ideas lead you into the darkness."

Dave Sim, Canadian Cartoonist

Ideas, Darkness, Perceptions, Reality

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