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When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to...

When I have an idea, it goes from vague, cloudy notion to 100,000 words in a heartbeat.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about idea, word

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest...

When you're young, the silliest notions seem the greatest achievements.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about contentment

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any.

Quote by Russell Baker about suspicion, writers, writing, real estate, work, things

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to...

My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.

Quote by Warren Beatty about bankers, wife, change, man

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.

Quote by Aristotel about democracy, respect, man

I have a notion that gamblers are as happy as most people, being always excited; women, wine, fame, the table, even ambition, sate now and then, but every turn of the card and cast of the dice keeps the gambler alive - besides one can game ten...

Quote by George Gordon Byron about wine, ambition, fame, games, happiness, being, things, people

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and reasonable nature.

Quote by Marcus Aurelius about quality, virtue, happiness, nature, life, contentment

The second is the structure and source of cults. They have always haunted me, and I wanted to explore the fundamental notion of giving up responsibility to an outside power.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about power

I had a Nagra, one of the first portable machines. I started collecting sounds without any preconceived notions other than a desire to insert into musical discourse a sound that basically didn't belong there.

Quote by Luc Ferrari

The equality that we are all entitled to, as citizens of this democracy, can't be avoided by some religious dogma of a President who's is supposed to believe in the notion of separation of church and state. And he frankly doesn't.

Quote by Rosie O'Donnell about democracy, equality, state, faith

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of...

Ordinary photons do have spin, they have a notion of helicity so they spin around their direction on motion.

Quote by Roger Penrose about nation

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