"The history of ideas is the history of the grudges of solitary men."
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"The Russians have succeeded in one thing: they have sold the world the idea that they represent socialism and the ideas of Marx,and we have done the greatest service to their propaganda by agreeing that that's what it is."
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"It's always a good idea to sit at the fun table."
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"He was a wise man who originated the idea of God."
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"Well, I try not to think about the general public since I have no idea what the general public is and I don't think anybody does."
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"People have been talking about multiverses as a philosophical idea for a long time. But the current incarnations in physics, I think, are more indicative of problems with some things going on at the frontier of physics than ideas that are gonna last."
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"I love the idea of doing totally different types of guys for different projects. I love that I get to do this. It's so fun."
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"Specifically in stand-up, I love jokes. I love short, structured ideas and a punchline."
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"Artistically, I find jokes really satisfying aesthetically, because there's something great about getting an idea down to a sentence or two."
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"I like shorter jokes. I like fewer words. I think the more ideas there are the, the fewer words there should be."
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"When we connect to the infinite source of wisdom within, creative new ideas, opportunities, and healing spontaneously unfold."
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"Jack Kerouac was cool because he had no idea he was."
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"With an abstract idea it is possible to enter into a relation of formal knowledge, to become enthusiastic about it, and perhaps even to put it into practice; but it can never be followed in personal obedience. Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ."
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"When the idea comes, I often can't remember where it came from. I remember very little about writing the first series of Hitchhiker's. It's almost as if someone else wrote it."
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"I like the Polanski stuff more than anything else. Rosemary's Baby is still one of my favorite movies of all time. The idea of her being impregnated with the devil is just so frightening."
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"Many of our attempts to understand Christian faith have only cheapened it. I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me. The little we do understand, that grain of sand our minds are capable of grasping, those ideas such as God is good, God feels, God loves, God knows all, are enough to keep our hearts dwelling on His majesty and otherness forever."
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"When writing poetry, it is not that produces a bright idea, but the bright idea that kindles the fire of."
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"Examples of selling of ideas are portrayed in consulting or paid advice, as the pricing of intellectual property is market driven."
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"Modern women like to think we invented the idea of balancing work and family but women have always done it."
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"It was Rousseau who was largely responsible for the problem by giving currency to the idea that freedom can exist without responsibility and discipline."
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