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• If you didn't have patents, no one would bother to spend money on research and development. But with patents, if someone has a good idea and a competitor can't copy it, then that competitor will have to think of their own way of doing it. So then, instead of just one innovator, you have two or three people trying to do something in a new way.

  James Dyson

  Thinking, Research And Development, Ideas

  "How James Dyson Makes the Ordinary Extraordinary". Interview with Shoshana Berger, www.wired.com. November 19, 2012.

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• Sex in space is not just a good idea, it's survival.

  Vanna Bonta

  Sex, Ideas, Space

  "Outer-space sex carries complications" by Alan Boyle, www.nbcnews.com. July 24, 2006.

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• I am thankful I was born in America, although if I gain any more weight the burqa thing may start to seem like a good idea to me. See? Another plus about America, you can always find some food.

  Elayne Boosler

  Ideas, America, Weight

  "Top 5 Things I’m Thankful for" by Elayne Boosler, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2010.

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• I see good ideas on the Republican side as well as the Democratic side. You have to return civility and statesmanship to governance. If you don't do that, it doesn't matter what portfolio of issue you're pushing, nothing is going to get done.

  Richard Carmona

  Issues, Ideas, Return

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• Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his life who stands up and says, "Oh, you can't do that..."

  Tom Clancy

  Ideas, Brilliant Ideas, Come Up

  "Vonnegut and Clancy on Technology". Interview with Sarah Schafer, www.inc.com. December 15, 1995.

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• New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Dangerous Ideas, Three, Done

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• Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: 1- It's completely impossible. 2- It's possible, but it's not worth doing. 3- I said it was a good idea all along.

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Funny, Science, Ideas

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• The really good idea is always traceable back quite a long way, often to a not very good idea which sparked off another idea that was only slightly better, which somebody else misunderstood in such a way that they then said something which was really rather interesting.

  John Cleese

  Ideas, Interesting, Long

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• Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.

  Bill Cosby

  Education, Sex, Believe

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• I guess the real reason that my wife and I had children is the same reason that Napoleon had for invading Russia: it seemed like a good idea at the time.

  Bill Cosby

  Baby, Children, Real

  FaceBook post by Bill Cosby from Nov 09, 2009

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• No director wants to be directed, but no good director... would shy away from the good ideas of others.

  Tommy Lee Jones

  Ideas, Directors, Shy

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• If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Ideas, Slow Down, Ifs

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• The chances of a bank going out of business are extremely slim, but it's always a good idea to spread around major sums so every penny is backed by insurance.

  Suze Orman

  Ideas, Going Out, Slim

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• But I loved the theatre and I was just doing theatre 24/7 and kept dropping courses because I didn't have the time and the chancellor thought that wasn't a good idea after awhile.

  Mandy Patinkin

  Ideas, Theatre, Dropping

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• The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

  Linus Pauling

  Motivational, Inspiring, Success

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• The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas and throw the bad ones away.

  Linus Pauling

  Ideas, Creative, Innovation

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• I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the same: If I can get one case study that can give me one good idea that I can implement for $25, or for these days one-third of that on Kindle, I've gotten a very good deal.

  Tom Peters

  Book, Ideas, People

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• From my training I can get a good idea of what I'm capable of.

  Paula Radcliffe

  Ideas, Training, I Can

  "Golden girl Paula Radcliffe lowers her sights to the Olympic bronze". Interview with Andy Bull, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2012.

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• Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations.

  Paul Rand

  Inspirational, Ideas, Goal

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• Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous impatience.

  Hyman Rickover

  Life, Motivational, Patience

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• Ideas can be life-changing. Sometimes all you need to open the door is just one more good idea.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Change, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 18, 2015

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• I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as 'us' and 'them' - he doesn't care whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above... he knows that we all love our country... and he's always ready to listen to good ideas... he's always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

  Michelle Obama

  Country, Ideas, Care

  Convention Speech, www.npr.org. September 4, 2012.

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• Ordinary people who have lots of good ideas want more than a suggestion box, and they need a union to represent that thinking.

  Frances O'Grady

  Thinking, Ideas, People

  "TUC leader Frances O'Grady: 'People want some hope for the future'". Interview with Hélène Mulholland, www.theguardian.com. September 5, 2012.

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• You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

  Earl Nightingale

  Blessing, Ideas, Boredom

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.16, Lulu.com

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• A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Work, Ideas, Luck

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