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"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

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"So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in my head, it's getting them properly on paper."

"So I had a ghostwriter, they call them, or somebody who is an experienced writer, to help. I've got the ideas in my head, it's getting them properly on paper."

Bruce Boxleitner, American Actor

Ideas, Help, Writer

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"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

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"While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community."

"While a lab Director can get done the things that he regards as important, he has the more important job of bringing out the best ideas of the broader scientific community."

Burton Richter, American Scientist

Ideas, Community, Job

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"Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas."

"Praising the Lord and passing the ammunition are mutually exclusive ideas."

Phil Donahue, American Entertainer

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"But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas."

"But I don't sit down at dinner and have clever ideas."

Mark Rylance, English Actor

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"When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I am interested in personalities, sponsors and the stands. But as soon as the whistle goes, it's all on the pitch."

"When I follow the finals of the European Cups, I look at all the aspects surrounding protocol, to get some ideas. I am interested in personalities, sponsors and the stands. But as soon as the whistle goes, it's all on the pitch."

Michel Patini, French Footballer

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"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

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"Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll plan ideas and we'll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out. So, to a certain extent, he's very interested. If there's some problem or something that doesn't ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it."

"Aaron is a very passionate, maniacal writer so the scripts really come from him, but he is very open to... y'know, we'll plan ideas and we'll certainly tussle about stuff when the script comes out. So, to a certain extent, he's very interested. If there's some problem or something that doesn't ring true, he wants to know why and he wants to correct it or fight for it."

Bradley Whitford, American Actor

Ideas, Fight, Open, Writer

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"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

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"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

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"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

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"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!"

"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!"

Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist

Ideas, Purpose, Clarity, Practice

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"The cooperation of the two retina in one field of vision, whatever is its cause, must rather be the source of all the ideas to which single or double vision may give rise."

"The cooperation of the two retina in one field of vision, whatever is its cause, must rather be the source of all the ideas to which single or double vision may give rise."

Johannes P. Muller, German Scientist

Ideas, Vision, Cause, Cooperation

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"I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class."

"I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class."

Jena Malone, American Actress

Ideas, Children, Class, Want

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"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

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"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

"I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future."

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austrian Actor

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"Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible."

"Abroad, they have covered pretty much all subjects, explored every possibility, every twist. So similarities between ideas you have and those filmed abroad are quite possible."

Ajay Devgan, Indian Actor

Ideas, Possibility, Pretty

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"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

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"Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable."

"Ray is very secretive about his ideas - why not, the times that the Kinks have been ripped off, especially in the early years, it makes you a little bit cautious about telling anybody what you're doing. And that's understandable."

Dave Davies, British Musician

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"The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd."

"The theatre is the involuntary reflex of the ideas of the crowd."

Sarah Bernhardt, French Actress

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"Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas."

"Listen, the next revolution is gonna be a revolution of ideas."

Bill Hicks, American Comedian

Ideas, Revolution

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"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

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"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

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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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"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

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"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

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"I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something."

"I have a lot of stuff I want to talk about and offer up. It would be odd not to have ideas about something."

Ralph Fiennes, British Actor

Ideas, Talk, Want

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"I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions."

"I'm so incredibly tired of giving respect to a lot of delusions and crazy ideas just because they are regarded as religions."

Bjorn Ulvaeus, Swedish Musician

Ideas, Giving, Respect

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"A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I'll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I'll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we'll start working on them right away."

"A lot of times Mick will play me different things, or I'll listen to a cassette, and out of twenty ideas or whatever, I'll find two or three that are just blowing me away, and we'll start working on them right away."

Lou Gramm, American Musician

Ideas, Play, Right, Will

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"I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs."

"I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs."

Mose Allison, American Musician

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"Ideas are the building blocks of ideas."

"Ideas are the building blocks of ideas."

Jason Zebehazy, American Author

Ideas, Building

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"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

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"I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated."

"I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated."

Neil Young, Canadian Musician

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

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

Alex Winter, American Actor

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"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas."

"A mathematician, like a painter or a poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas."

Godfrey Harold Hardy, British Mathematician

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"If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas."

"If I don't have a project going, I sit down and begin to write something - a character sketch, a monologue, a description of some sight, or even just a list of ideas."

Thomas Perry, German Musician

Ideas, Character, Project, Sight

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"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

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"In a battle between - two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it."

"In a battle between - two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it."

Seth Godin, American Writer

Ideas, Competition, Conviction, Influence

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

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

David Seabury, American Psychologist

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"What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born."

"What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born."

Jean Genet, French Dramatist

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"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

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"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

"I would rather read a poorly structured story that has fresh ideas than a tightly structured one with cliches."

Douglas Wood, Australian Celebrity

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"Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook."

"Students need to learn how to think critically, how to argue opposing ideas. It is important for them to learn how to think. You can always cook."

Charlie Trotter, American Celebrity

Ideas, Students

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"It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor."

"It is quite possible we may have formed entirely erroneous ideas of what we actually see. The greenish gray patches may not be seas at all, nor the ruddy continents, solid land. Neither may the obscuring patches be clouds of vapor."

Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist

Ideas, Clouds, Land, May

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"Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts."

"Sometimes I have a good idea, something I wish I could remember, and instead of writing it down, commit it to my memory only to disappear when I needed it. Write your ideas as they come, if you wait it will be too long and you may not recover it. It may get destroyed as it is to seed to and fro in the ever rushing river of our thoughts."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Ideas, Idea, Memory, Writing, Thought

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"Good designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures."

"Good designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures."

Jeffery Veen, American Entrepreneur

Ideas, Chaos, Words

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"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

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"Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk about places where they played so beautiful and so clear in the beginning that there is nothing to say."

"Very often, if I know the orchestra doesn't know a piece or it's a new piece, I have main ideas about it. But then we start to play and I never talk about places where they played so beautiful and so clear in the beginning that there is nothing to say."

Kurt Masur, German Musician

Ideas, Beginning, Nothing, Play

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"A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here."

"A final proof of our ideas can only be obtained by detailed studies on the alterations produced in the amino acid sequence of a protein by mutations of the type discussed here."

Francis Crick, English Scientist

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