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“It's not all that important that you be able to originate brilliant ideas... The more important talent is to be able to recognize good ideas from other people.” quote by Eric S. Raymond — Download Open image

““It's not all that important that you be able to originate brilliant ideas... The more important talent is to be able to recognize good ideas from other people.””

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