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For all I know we may be visited by a different extraterrestrial civilization every second Tuesday, but there's no support for this appealing idea. The extraordinary claims are not supported by extraordinary evidence.

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Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which before their union were not perceived to have any relation.

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When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.

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As National Socialists we see our program in our flag. In the red we see the social idea of the movement.

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The idea of starting with that Kanye [West] song is declarative. It says, "This is the kind of story we're telling."

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In Marseilles they make half the toilet soap we consume in America, but the Marseillaise only have a vague theoretical idea of its use, which they have obtained from books of travel.

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I want to emphasize the idea of black as intellectuality and conventionality.

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I had no idea of the enormous and unquestionably helpful part that humbug plays in the social life of great peoples dwelling in a state of democratic freedom.

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I like the scientific spirit-the holding off, the being sure but not too sure, the willingness to surrender ideas when the evidence is against them: this is ultimately fine-it always keeps the way beyond open.

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I would ask my parents something, but then go to my siblings. We were encouraged to bounce ideas off everyone.

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When you say that I have followers, let me assure you that I do not want followers, nor would I ever encourage the idea of following.

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So shall we come to look at the world with new eyes. It shall answer the endless inquiry of the intellect, — What is truth? and of the affections, — What is good? by yielding itself passive to the educated Will. ... Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions. A correspondent revolution in things will attend the influx of the spirit.

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There is, however, only one idea of duty which has been universally accepted by all mankind, of all ages and sects and countries, and that has been summed up in a Sanskrit aphorism thus: "Do not injure any being; not injuring any being is virtue, injuring any being is sin."

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Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their heads.

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My idea of the perfect bottom would be nice, bubbly, curvy, firm, maybe a little bit bouncy.

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Companies should be selling ideas more than benefits. Sell ideas. Not stuff.

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It is because every one tinder Heaven recognizes beauty as beauty that the idea of ugliness exists.

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Working with people who cause your stomach to churn seems much like marrying for money - probably a bad idea under any circumstances, but absolute madness if you are already rich.

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The church is always trying to get other people to reform, it might not be a bad idea to reform itself a little, by way of example

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In the world of knowledge, the idea of good appears last of all, and is seen only with effort.

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