#idea

When you are reading, someone has done a lot of work on your behalf, someone has had ideas and has then written and corrected and improved them so that they can be shared. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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It's not a good idea to put your wife into a novel; not your latest wife anyway. ↗

— Norman Mailer

#good #good idea #idea #into #latest

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#escapism #idea #life #my life #sum

I had no idea how big the show was at the time we were doing it because I was always working. ↗

— Lee Majors

#because #big #doing #had #how

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be. ↗

— Stephen Malkmus

#band #clear #clear idea #every #how

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

#children #class #draw #great #great ideas

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one's ideas, to take a calculated risk - and to act. ↗

— Andre Malraux

#bet #better #between #calculated #calculated risk

Every reiteration of the idea that nothing matters debases the human spirit. ↗

— David Mamet

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Often the difference between a successful man and a failure is not one's better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on his ideas, to take a calculated risk, and to act. ↗

— Maxwell Maltz

#bet #better #between #calculated #calculated risk

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die. ↗

— David Mamet

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