#idea

It came about as follows: over the years when I was involved in dianetics, I wrote the beginnings of many stories. I would get an idea, and then write the beginning, and then never touch it again. ↗

— A. E. van Vogt

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I am suspicious of the idea of a new paradigm, to use that word, an entirely new structure of the economy. ↗

— Paul A. Volcker

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An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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The ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination. ↗

— Voltaire

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I'm a bit frightened of the idea of a full facelift because, when you look in the mirror, you want to look like yourself. ↗

— Carol Vorderman

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I didn't come from any kind of academic background, but I lived in a college town and I knew people who weren't without pretense. There was this idea in the town that if something was European it would be good. ↗

— Sarah Vowell

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The idea is to have global standards. There is so much travel that if you just had a regional standard, it would probably ultimately have to be changed. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

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We really want to see how the idea of an intellectual action movie is received by the world. ↗

— Larry Wachowski

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Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine. ↗

— Benjamin F. Wade

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It's about taking advantage of the opportunities you have right now, and right now we're in a position where you call somebody and they're willing to pick up and take the call because they're a fan, you have to take advantage of that and have a chance to capitalize on your ideas. ↗

— Dwyane Wade

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