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title: "7 Germ Idea Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [A bacteriologist is a man whose conversation always start with the germ of an idea.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evan-esar/a-bacteriologist-is-a-man-whose-conversation-always-start-with-the/)

[Evan Esar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evan-esar/)

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> [ A disease of the mind, \[whose\] germ is the idea that one may learn that which is valuable, or in any way… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kingsley-martin/a-disease-of-the-mind-whose-germ-is-the-idea-that-one-may-learn-that/)

[Kingsley Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kingsley-martin/)

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> [Sometimes it takes a germ of an idea, which takes a long time to digest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-karan/sometimes-it-takes-a-germ-of-an-idea-which-takes-a-long-time-to-digest/)

[Donna Karan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-karan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/donna-karan-3120_germ_sometimes-it-takes-a-germ-of-an-idea-whi_566846.png)

> [Anyway, that was the germ of the idea and of course... you know this was early days of sociology and whatever, especially…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-apted/anyway-that-was-the-germ-of-the-idea-and-of-course-you-know-this-was/)

[Michael Apted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-apted/)

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> [It's obviously unfair to paint with a broad brush here, but the germ of an idea for a breakthrough in technology doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-moritz/it-s-obviously-unfair-to-paint-with-a-broad-brush-here-but-the-germ/)

[Michael Moritz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-moritz/)

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> [When you're trying to come up with an idea for a movie it's actually the hardest part - the germ of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diablo-cody/when-you-re-trying-to-come-up-with-an-idea-for-a-movie-it-s-actually/)

[Diablo Cody](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diablo-cody/)

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> [When you realize that you have a little germ of an idea that has - I suppose I can only say, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/when-you-realize-that-you-have-a-little-germ-of-an-idea-that-has-i/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

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