#idea

When the Promise of American life is conceived as a national ideal, whose fulfillment is a matter of artful and laborious work, the effect thereof is substantially to identify the national purpose with the social problem. ↗

— Herbert Croly

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The discussion of ideas as opposed to the American narcissistic obsession with what's going on with the self, that's the general thing people are talking about. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#american #discussion #general #going #ideas

I'll come in with a string of riffs and direct the musical ideas. But you still need a band and their input to make the ideas come alive. You can't underestimate band chemistry. ↗

— Billy Corgan

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In a weird kind of way, music has afforded me an idealism and perfectionism that I could never attain as me. ↗

— Billy Corgan

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There are many critics who have an idealised version of where my strengths lie. ↗

— Elvis Costello

#idealised #lie #many #strengths #version

With 'Urban Secrets,' I just really liked the idea of wandering around chatting to people. ↗

— Alan Cumming

#chatting #i #idea #just #liked

Before there was any talk of a movie, people would sometimes ask me what actors I would imagine playing these characters. And the only thing I could ever say is: I have such a clear idea of these characters that they'd have to play themselves. ↗

— Michael Cunningham

#ask #before #characters #clear #clear idea

When you try to communicate too many ideas, sometimes you wind up communicating nothing. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#communicating #ideas #many #nothing #sometimes

Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas. ↗

— Marie Curie

#curious #ideas #less #more #people

A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not. ↗

— Roald Dahl

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