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title: "4 Foreign Ideas Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [ It has often been said that \[...\] the Japanese \[are\] geniuses at taking foreign ideas and adding a unique finishing touch. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-reed/it-has-often-been-said-that-the-japanese-are-geniuses-at-taking/)

[Robert Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-reed/)

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> [“No society in the present age is so self-critical, so ready to embrace foreign ideas, or so transparent and merit-based as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/no-society-in-the-present-age-is-so-self-critical-so-ready-to-embrace/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

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> [Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a living writer, or real ones from college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholson-baker/friends-both-the-imaginary-ones-you-build-for-yourself-out-of-phrases/)

[Nicholson Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholson-baker/)

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> [We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-f-kennedy/we-are-not-afraid-to-entrust-the-american-people-with-unpleasant-2/)

[John F. Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-f-kennedy/)

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