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"I favored the idea of Trans-Pacific Partnership, but I did not support the administration - the [Barack] Obama administration TPP. There are three or four things they did in that, that I though were terrible agreements that were not worth supporting."
"Let's take our fight to our opponents with better ideas. Let's get on the offensive and let's stay there. Let's compete in every part of America and turn out at the polls like every last vote matters because it will."
"Only by accepting our desires can we have an idea of who we are."
"Happiness: there are a series of rules, and if you fail to follow them, your conscious mind will refuse to accept the idea that you're happy."
"We must get rid of the idea of fulfilling what people expect us to do, and start to do what we expect from our lives."
"Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions."
"I savour the idea of my new state: single and a millionaire."
"The good old days, when each idea had an owner, are gone forever."
"The Buddha taught that we're not actually in control, which is a pretty scary idea. But when you let things be as they are, you will be a much happier, more balanced, compassionate person."
"It's an interesting thing. When you're young you often ask people what they want to do when they're older, then you meet them years later and they're not doing that. I didn't want that. I didn't want to be a singer, but I just believed and knew somehow that I'd be in showbiz, although I had no idea how I was going to do it. Dreams do come true."
"America comes from a flawed but wonderful idea. Many great things have sprung forth over the past few hundred years but there were deep issues in the beginning that now are starting to show up."
"Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present."
"Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas."
"Design is the term we use to describe both the process and the result of giving tangible form to human ideas. Design doesn't just contribute to the quality of life; design, in many ways, now constitutes the quality of life."
"I am not a politics wonk. I like the idea of my writing reflecting more about who I am or other people."
"People were standing up everywhere shouting, "This is me! This is me!" Every time you looked at them they stood up and told you who they were, and the truth of it was that they had no more idea who or what they were than he had. They believed their flashing signs, too. They ought to be standing up and shouting, "This isn't me! This isn't me!" They would if they had any decency. "This isn't me!" Then you might know how to proceed through the flashing bullshit of this world."
"I would never advise shooing away a good idea."
"Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea."
"Every piece of technology, every piece of art, basically everything manmade comes from an idea."
"I love everything that Frank Gehry does. I wish I could have that man build me a Wayne Manor-style mansion, like his idea of it."
