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title: "4 Core Idea Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“You don't have to speak monosyllables to be simple. What we mean by simple is finding the core of the idea.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chip-heath-and-dan-heath/you-don-t-have-to-speak-monosyllables-to-be-simple-what-we-mean-by/)

[Chip Heath and Dan Heath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chip-heath-and-dan-heath/)

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> [Learn not to add too many features right away, and get the core idea built and tested.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-culver/learn-not-to-add-too-many-features-right-away-and-get-the-core-idea/)

[Leah Culver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-culver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a2/leah-culver-255801_add_learn-not-to-add-too-many-features-right_1300719.png)

> [The core idea that underlies all of our democratic states, the core political idea, is this idea that it's not that one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-feldman/the-core-idea-that-underlies-all-of-our-democratic-states-the-core/)

[Noah Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-feldman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/noah-feldman-12383_core_the-core-idea-that-underlies-all-of-our_1338823.png)

> [The idea - the core idea of humanism - is that the act of reading about great deeds will lead you to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-fish/the-idea-the-core-idea-of-humanism-is-that-the-act-of-reading-about/)

[Stanley Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-fish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de5/stanley-fish-17633_core_the-idea-the-core-idea-of-humanism-is-th_2312326.jpg)

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