When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world. The spirits whisper the ideas in your brain and prod… — Tommy Chong Copy Share Image
Let the snake wait under his weed and the writing be of words, slow and quick, sharp to strike, quiet to wait,… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The important thing when it comes to grooming, as when it comes to clothes, is you do not want anything to distract… — Vanessa Friedman Copy Share Image
If you think about 'The Matrix' and how high-concept it was, it had these incredible ideas that really penetrated people's consciousness. It… — Carrie-Anne Moss Copy Share Image
I grew up Jewish. I am Jewish. I went to an Episcopal high school. I went to a Baptist college. I've taken… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
The federal government has made explicit and implicit promises to millions of people, but has put no money aside in order to… — John C. Goodman Copy Share Image
You know, exams are like war -- the birth rate of ideas goes up. Anything to keep from this dismal regimen, says… — James Tiptree Jr Copy Share Image
I'm from the point of view there's something important to deliver to the world. You can be an entertainer; I suppose I… — Rob Nilsson Copy Share Image
There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“Bill Gates (and his successor at Microsoft, Ray Ozzie) are famous for taking annual reading vacations. During the year they deliberately cultivate… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
but it wasn't just about my feelings. The more I got to know you, the more I was certain that you'd do… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea… — Sara Blakely Copy Share Image
I, too, am deeply concerned with an overarching idea that dramaturgs are now authors . . .. I am not taking the… — Dana Rosemary Scallon Copy Share Image
We have two different ways of working. One is completely unstructured where somebody just starts playing and somebody joins in and then… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
Today the patent office is obsolete. You just take whatever you do, tool up, and start production for six months. At the… — Paul Laffoley Copy Share Image
Those of us who consider ourselves to be somehow involved in the birthing of a new age, should discover Gaia as well.… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind… — Carly Rae Jepsen Copy Share Image
Quite quickly I grew less deranged. I had begun the process of calming down, assimilating and compromising, which is necessary to live… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
Mad Hatter: “Why is a raven like a writing-desk?” “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” the Hatter said, turning to Alice again.… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
I have some idea that if I pick on [boy band] One Direction, I'll get a ton of hate mail, because I… — Joel Stein Copy Share Image
Some have an idea that the reason we in this country discard things so readily is because we have so much. The… — Alfred P. Sloan Copy Share Image
One of the things everybody seems to want to ask writers is, "Where do you get your ideas?" When people ask me… — Patricia C. Wrede Copy Share Image
It's not worth it, it's not about money, especially when you're dealing with a culture. It should be about elevating the idea… — Antoine Fuqua Copy Share Image
You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and… — Brian O'Driscoll Copy Share Image
The idea isn't to find yourself another environment for tomorrow, but to be constantly creating the environment and community you want for… — Keith Ferrazzi Copy Share Image
I suppose the doctor-patient relationship has that idea of transference. I think it's a special thing that doctors have. We all find… — Michael Fassbender Copy Share Image
He never wants anything but what's right and fair; only when you come to settle what's right and fair, it's everything that… — Thomas Hughes Copy Share Image
I ended up working on "Chicago Hope" and other things, but always with the idea that, eventually, I would want to take… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
I've been writing as long as I've been able to form words. I never wrote with an idea of publishing anything until… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
Man positively needs general ideas and convictions that will give a meaning to his life and enable him to find a place… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
I'm a very direct person and, sometimes, when I want something, I will push it until I get it. But, it's OK.… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who you are. I… — Ben Silbermann Copy Share Image
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them,… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I like the idea of the object, the relic. And I see it as a time machine too or a device you… — Anne Waldman Copy Share Image
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation -… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Always remember that renunciation is the root idea. Unless one is initiated into this idea, not even Brahma and the World -… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
While negativity is politically useful, it is also demoralizing unless it is accompanied - and to some extent overshadowed - by elevated… — John Podhoretz Copy Share Image
Success is what you envisage it to be. You have to go into any profession knowing what you want because people will… — Trey Songz Copy Share Image
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