Good ideas Quote by Vijay Prashad

“You see often it's not ideas, it's inertia, it's bureaucratism, it's all the other things that sometimes come in the way of a good idea.” quote by Vijay Prashad — Download Open image

“You see often it's not ideas, it's inertia, it's bureaucratism, it's all the other things that sometimes come in the way of a good idea.”

Vijay Prashad

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