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A writer falls in love with an idea and gets carried away.
Doris Lessing
Love
Carried
Writer
Idea
Falls
Gets
Away
When I was a girl, the idea that the British Empire could ever end was absolutely inconceivable. And it just disappeared, like all the other empires. You know, when people talk about the British Empire, they always forget that all the European countries had empires.
Doris Lessing
You
People
Girl
Other
About
Could
Absolutely
Had
Disappeared
Idea
Countries
Empire
Empires
Like
Know
Talk
Always
End
Forget
Just
European
European Countries
Ever
Inconceivable
British
British Empire
It is very enjoyable, writing a story. You get this idea. It takes hold of you. And then you spend day and night thinking about how to do it. And then you do it. And much later, you think, 'Oh, yes. That's an interesting question.'
Doris Lessing
Day
You
Writing
Think
Thinking
Spend
Later
About
Day And Night
Takes
Idea
How
Question
Yes
Very
Get
Oh
Hold
Story
Interesting
Then
Much
Enjoyable
Night
Where story comes from, I don't know. I know that I become obsessed with something. An idea, an image, a person, the way a person talks. And then something starts happening that I can't explain, and it has a lot to do with language.
Dorothy Allison
Language
Become
Starts
Way
Something
Idea
Obsessed
Know
Talks
Lot
Person
Where
Happening
Story
Explain
Then
Image
The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.
Dorothy Thompson
Faith
Better
Overcome
Positively
Fearlessly
Only
Idea
Force
Another
Upheld
If you saw a better idea or business anywhere in the world, and you could reapply it legally and ethically and with attribution, you were supposed to do that. And I used that learning in building Cold Stone.
Doug Ducey
You
Business
Learning
World
Better
Building
Cold
Saw
Could
Idea
Supposed
Were
Legally
Stone
Anywhere
Ethically
Used
I've been trying to... Having been an English literary graduate, I've been trying to avoid the idea of doing art ever since. I think the idea of art kills creativity.
Douglas Adams
Art
Creativity
Think
Having
Idea
Since
Doing
Been
Trying
Graduate
Literary
Avoid
English
Ever
Too often, the idea seemed to be that the cost of being part of Europe was being less like Britain. So after years of fighting to defend Europe against attacks from the Eurosceptic right, it would be fatal to retreat into the same arguments and begin the battle anew.
Douglas Alexander
Battle
Argument
Fighting
Too
Would
Would-Be
Anew
Cost
Seemed
Attacks
Part
Idea
Like
Retreat
Years
Begin
Same
Often
Being
After
Against
Less
Europe
Right
Fatal
Britain
Defend
Theodore Roosevelt had been enthralled with the idea of Texas since 1883, when he arrived in the Dakota Territory to ranch cattle.
Douglas Brinkley
Ranch
Had
He
Idea
Since
Territory
Cattle
Arrived
Been
Texas
Roosevelt
Theodore
Theodore Roosevelt
Dakota
If there is an abiding theme in 'The Pursuit of Happiness,' it is the idea that you come into the world already shaped by other people's past histories.
Douglas Kennedy
Happiness
You
People
World
Past
Other
Abide
Pursuit
Pursuit Of Happiness
Shaped
Idea
Come
Histories
Theme
A fanatic commits to an ideal to whatever end. A fanatic throws everything aside to pursue their idea. Take something which it would be good to be committed to, like basic human rights. You might campaign for such a thing. You might spend every day of your life pursuing such a thing. But once you become fanatical about it, anything can happen.
Douglas Murray
Life
Good
Day
You
Rights
Every Day
Become
Whatever
Human Rights
Every
Spend
Everything
Once
Would
Would-Be
About
Something
Pursue
Pursuing
Take
Throws
Idea
Ideal
Like
Campaign
End
Committed
Human
Happen
Anything
Fanatic
Fanatical
Which
Might
Aside
Your
Such A Thing
Thing
Basic
Basic Human Rights
In the 19th century, you had bourgeois art without politics - an almost frozen idea of what beauty is.
Douglas Sirk
Politics
Art
You
Beauty
Had
Almost
Idea
Bourgeois
Without
Frozen
Century
We choose the national park idea because it's really the highest form of protection for landscapes that exists under current law, especially in Chile and Argentina.
Douglas Tompkins
Law
Protection
National
Park
Argentina
Highest
Highest Form
Idea
Because
Exists
National Park
Current
Current Law
Chile
Form
Really
Landscapes
Choose
If you take guys like Exequiel Bustillo, the architect who designed the early park infrastructure in Argentina, or the great American architects, these guys had a vision that thrust the national park idea into the public eye.
Douglas Tompkins
Great
You
Vision
National
Great American
Eye
Architect
Architects
Guys
Park
Argentina
Take
Had
Thrust
Idea
Like
National Park
American
Public
Infrastructure
Public Eye
Who
Designed
Early
It's entertaining to watch somebody break my music down or explain what he thinks I was thinking during the process of making these records. Because... he has no idea.
Dr. Dre
Music
Somebody
Down
Thinking
Entertaining
No Idea
Records
He
Idea
Because
Making
Break
Process
Explain
Watch
Thinks
I moved to New York when I was 17 and I had no idea what I was doing. I really thought I was going to take that city by storm and it taught me a lot; it was like the school of life. For me, it was like a series of really hilarious experiences in New York with getting jobs and getting fired.
Dreama Walker
Life
Me
School
Thought
Hilarious
Jobs
City
No Idea
Fired
Take
Had
Idea
New
Like
Doing
Lot
York
Getting
Going
Taught
Moved
New York
Experiences
Storm
Really
Series
Putting your name on something and having no idea how it came about if someone else did all the work - that's not me.
Drew Barrymore
Work
Me
Else
No Idea
About
Someone
Something
Having
Putting
Idea
Name
How
Came
Did
Your
I feel the way I always do about sequels. If there's an idea that excites me enough, and it feels like a way to do something new and fresh, then great. But I don't ever want to do a sequel just for the sake of doing a sequel.
Drew Goddard
Great
Me
Enough
Way
About
Something
Something New
Excites
Idea
Feel
Feels
New
Like
Fresh
Always
Doing
Sake
Just
Want
Then
Sequel
Sequels
Ever
For me, a show is an event - something we work toward that focuses an idea.
Dries van Noten
Work
Me
Something
Idea
Toward
Show
Event
Once a few Facebook employees put together a promising idea and start a company, that's very exciting to people. I happen to think being a Facebook employee is really correlated with good ideas.
Dustin Moskovitz
Good
Together
Facebook
People
Employees
Few
Think
Good Ideas
Once
Promising
Put
Exciting
Idea
Employee
Ideas
Very
Being
Happen
Really
Company
Start
I'm not really sure where it comes from, but every time I meet someone who says 'I really want to be an entrepreneur' but has no idea what they want to do, I really just think: 'This person is totally aimless.'
Dustin Moskovitz
Time
Entrepreneur
Every
Think
Every Time
Meet
Aimless
Says
No Idea
Totally
Someone
Idea
Sure
Person
Just
Where
Want
Really
Who
There's an idealization of being an entrepreneur, but the most important thing is to have a really great idea.
Dustin Moskovitz
Great
Entrepreneur
Important
Great Idea
Idea
Most
Most Important Thing
Important Thing
Being
The Most Important
Really
Thing
I like the idea of making a big, fun, adventure type of movie.
Dwayne Johnson
Big
Type
Idea
Adventure
Like
Making
Movie
Fun
When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Hollywood - and being a movie star was such a far-fetched idea, growing up in Hawaii.
Dwayne Johnson
Elvis
Harrison Ford
Kid
No Connection
Indiana
Indiana Jones
Hawaii
Had
Idea
Ford
Up
Being
Movie
Loved
Movie Star
Hollywood
Far-Fetched
Connection
Star
Growing
Growing Up
My parents screened 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory' for my 6th birthday, and I became fascinated by the idea of living in a candy land with chocolate rivers and lollipop trees.
Dylan Lauren
Birthday
Parents
Living
Trees
Factory
Rivers
Idea
Became
Candy
Screened
Land
Chocolate
Fascinated
I always liked the idea of leadership and being a captain.
Dylan Lauren
Leadership
Idea
Liked
Always
Being
Captain
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