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An idea is nothing more nor less than a new combination of old elements.


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A good idea has self-expanding qualities. It stimulates those who see it to add to it.

A good idea has self-expanding qualities. It stimulates those who see it to add to it.



Drop the whole subject and put it out of your mind and let your subconscious do its thing.

Drop the whole subject and put it out of your mind and let your subconscious do its thing.



Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.

Do not make the mistake of holding your idea close to your chest… Submit it to the criticism of the judicious.



This use of advertising - to add a subjective value to the product - becomes increasingly important as the trends in our technology lead to competing products becoming more and more the same.

This use of advertising - to add a subjective value to the product - becomes increasingly important as the trends in our technology lead to competing products becoming more and more the same.



The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.

The habit of mind which leads to a search for relationships between facts becomes of the highest importance in the production of ideas.



Particular bits of knowledge are nothing, because they are made up of what Dr. Robert Hutchins once called rapidly aging facts. Principles and method are everything.

Particular bits of knowledge are nothing, because they are made up of what Dr. Robert Hutchins once called rapidly aging facts. Principles and method are everything.



We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.

We tend to forget that words are, themselves, ideas. They might be called ideas in a state of suspended animation. When the words are mastered the ideas tend to come alive again.



And so, while perhaps not all God's chilluns got wings, enough have for each of us to hope that we may be among those that have.

And so, while perhaps not all God's chilluns got wings, enough have for each of us to hope that we may be among those that have.





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Biologically speaking, you are the child of Mother Nature, and neurologically speaking, you are the heirs of immortal bliss.

Biologically speaking, you are the child of Mother Nature, and neurologically speaking, you are the heirs of immortal bliss.



When you're traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.

When you're traveling, you are what you are, right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.



I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.

I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.



Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.

Thankfully, I was able to go to Marquette University and get my education, a Catholic education, so I could please my family, because I think they wanted me to be a priest.



Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.

Happy and successful homes cannot be built on immorality.



I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.

I think that most of the people running companies today are motivated and pay is a small portion of the motivation.



I found that I loved producing that kind of propaganda and I loved the power that a few students with a Macintosh computer could wield. I was hooked on communications at that point.

I found that I loved producing that kind of propaganda and I loved the power that a few students with a Macintosh computer could wield. I was hooked on communications at that point.



Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake. And who can resist the dance of the earthquake, mon?

Soon the earth will tilt on its axis and begin to dance to the reggae beat to the accompaniment of earthquake. And who can resist the dance of the earthquake, mon?



Theatre gives you wings as an actor.

Theatre gives you wings as an actor.



It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.




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