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A tent, a roll mat, a little bit of food, a bit of petrol in your tank and a vague idea of where you're going and that's all you need.
If you have several ideas that all seem pretty good, work on the one that you think about, when you're not trying to think about work.
A novel determines its own size and shape and I've never tried to stretch an idea beyond the frame and structure it seemed to require.
The photograph that discovers and uncovers the world is harder to simulate than an image that simply illustrates one's ideas about it.
A mathematical idea should not be petrified in a formalised axiomatic setting, but should be considered instead as flowing as a river.
The thing is that as you grow through life, the pursuit of art and the pursuit of new ideas, all these things keeps your mind elastic.
Away with the idea of getting independence first, and looking for liberty afterwards... Our liberties, once lost, may be lost forever.
The Novelist, afraid his ideas may be foolish, slyly puts them in the mouth of some other fool and reserves the right to disavow them.
I think we must attack -- wherever we meet it -- the nonsensical idea that mutually exclusive propositions about God can both be true.
Zen says: be empty. Look without any idea. Look into the nature of things but with no idea, with no prejudice, with no presupposition.
I don't know that the stereotypical idea of what it is to be a child of somebody hugely famous necessarily comes into play in my life.
Something was making him nibble at the edge of stale ideas as if his sturdy physical egotism no longer nourished his peremptory heart.
The idea that trials are a search for the truth is just a myth. Trials are a search for that which the jury will believe is the truth.
No one knows just how the idea of a soul or the supernatural started... It probably had its origin in the general laziness of mankind.
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
What needs to be grasped is that the system itself is the cause of all of the misery in the world. This is a simple but powerful idea.
To lead a successful life, then, it's a good idea to work out what you really want. Then get together some plans. Then set some goals.
I really think that people have to think safety; taking risks for higher yield is a bad idea once you're in late or latish middle age.
Though reading and conversation may furnish us with many ideas of men and things, yet it is our own meditation must form our judgment.
I was touching on the idea of the autonomous militaristic or autonomous law enforcement idea, but it wasn't the primary driving force.
Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader.
My idea of society is that while we are born equal, meaning that we have a right to equal opportunity, all have not the same capacity.
I've always wanted to go where the work was or where I was wanted. The idea that it can be planned is one I let go of a long time ago.
Morality represents for everybody a thoroughly definite and ascertained idea: the idea of human conduct regulated in a certain manner.
To project your idea, you have to use new technology. It's not like the '70s or the '80s; you have an image that you project globally.
There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
That is the heart and soul of the American dream, homeownership, the idea of being able to buy a house and start to build your family.
When you're a kid, you have these big ideas and these big dreams to make a change, or maybe you feel like you can't make a difference.
The paintings have a lot to do with the idea of seeing and doing, and the relationship between your hand and your eye, and the object.
I love working on new stuff. I love the feeling of a new idea and watching it evolve. That's one of my favorite parts of making music.
When the messenger arrives and says 'Don't shoot the messenger,' it's a good idea to be prepared to shoot the messenger, just in case.
People who think in absolutes usually don't listen to anyone but themselves. They resist new ideas and try to preserve the status quo.
I don't think anything changes until ideas change. The usual American viewpoint is to believe that something is wrong with the person.
If I get ideas independently of the act of writing, they never really fit. So for me, there's no hanging out, waiting for inspiration.
The phenomenon of university creative writing programs doesn't exist in France. The whole idea is regarded as a novelty, or an oddity.
I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.
Good jokes are gems. A good idea is hard to come by. I couldn't give them to someone else, even for money. It just wouldn't seem right.
I am 42 years old and I have $9000, and I am out of ideas. I've nothing to spend it on. I'm bored shitless. I will die with that $9000.
I've never had a really creative idea sitting at my desk. All the big ideas that made a difference happened when I was playing outside.
A dogmatic belief in objective value is necessary to the very idea of a rule which is not tyranny or an obedience which is not slavery.
One thing in life is for certain, the more profoundly baffled you have been in your life, the more open your mind becomes to new ideas.
The 'Idea of India' is an India of opportunity and aspiration. An India where: all are prosperous and happy, all are free from illness.
No idea is above scrutiny. No idea whatsoever. To criticize, to scrutinize and to satirize my own religion [Islam] is not Islamophobia.
Our idea of nature is increasingly being determined by scientific developments. And they have become decisive for our image of reality.
Bruce Sutter has been around for awhile and he's pretty old. He's thirty-five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is.
I've lived a life which has been pretty much full up with ambition, ideas, stimulus, creativity, some negativity which I try and avoid.
Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.
All the creativity books in the world aren’t going to help you if you’re unwilling to have lousy, lame, and even dangerously bad ideas.
Graphic design is a popular art and a practical art, an applied art and an ancient art. Simply put, it is the art of visualizing ideas.
We are all salesmen every day of our lives. We are selling our ideas, our plans, our enthusiasms to those with whom we come in contact.