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• Most of us have one big idea at some point in our lives. That Eureka! moment. It comes to us all in different ways, often by chance of serendipity.

  Peter James

  Ideas, Serendipity, Different

  Peter James (2008). “Not Dead Enough”, p.169, Pan Macmillan

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• Never listen to music when you're trying go come up with a Big Idea.

  George Lois

  Ideas, Trying, Bigs

  "Damn Good Advice (For People With Talent!): How To Unleash Your Creative Potential by America's Master Communicator, George Lois". Book by George Lois, March 12, 2012.

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• Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.

  Robert J. Sawyer

  Ideas, Plot, Wonderful

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• I want to build a Big Labor party. A party of big ideas. A party which is deeply connected to the community. A party which reflects our diverse nation.

  Bill Shorten

  Party, Ideas, Community

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• For some odd reason, I had an early and extreme multidisciplinary cast of mind. I couldn't stand reaching for a small idea in my own discipline when there was a big idea right over the fence in somebody else's discipline. So I just grabbed in all directions for the big ideas that would really work.

  Charlie Munger

  Ideas, Discipline, Mind

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• Believe Big. The size of your success is determined by the size of your belief. Think little goals and expect little achievements. Think big goals and win big success. Remember this, too! Big ideas and big plans are often easier -certainly no more difficult - than small ideas and small plans.

  David J. Schwartz

  Believe, Winning, Thinking

  David J. Schwartz (2014). “The Magic of Thinking Big”, p.20, Penguin

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• You're also looking at a global warming solution here in Europe: smaller vehicles, more energy efficient, many which use diesel fuel which is more efficient. And the price of gas here is $6 a gallon to discourage guzzling. A lot of big ideas and innovations coming out of Europe.

  Chris Cuomo

  Europe, Ideas, Innovation

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• Every novel starts with a theme, and I am constantly looking for big ideas.

  Peter James

  Ideas, Theme, Bigs

  Source: blog.exclus1ves.co.za

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• I worked on it [ Too Much Tuna] for a little bit downtown and it was a great experience. I couldn't believe how enthusiastic the audience was for it. It was just extraordinary. It felt like you were at a rock concert, which was just unusual for shows at Cherry Lane, which are usually intimate plays about big ideas, you know.

  Alex Timbers

  Believe, Rocks, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If you have a big idea, you can do 10% of it, and then maybe, if it's a huge success, you might go all-in [in Europe]. Here [in U.S], you go all-in earlier. You risk more and you get more, so you do more. That's what I like.

  Richard Sammel

  Europe, Ideas, Risk

  Source: collider.com

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• When I think of invention, I always think of America. You're always seeing ads: 'Have you got the next big idea?' There seems to be that spirit in America of inventions and inventors.

  Simon Cowell

  Thinking, America, Ideas

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• I am not going to make promises I can't keep. I am not going to talk about big ideas like single-payer and then not level with people about how much it will cost.

  Hillary Clinton

  Ideas, People, Promise

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

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• I'd like to be remembered, as a copywriter who had some big ideas. That's what the advertising business is all about. Big ideas

  David Ogilvy

  Ideas, Advertising Business, Bigs

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• If I'm in the country, my big idea is to do nothing. It means talking, it means cooking with the leftovers in the fridge - l'art d'accommoder les restes - it means gardening.

  Christian Louboutin

  Country, Art, Mean

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• The productiveness of any meeting depends on the level of thought given to the agenda in advance, and you should never leave a meeting without writing a follow-up list with each item assigned to one person. And go outside. All the big ideas are on the outside. You'll never have a creative idea at your desk.

  Barbara Corcoran

  Writing, Ideas, Creative

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• Well the only reason to go back, for me and I think for anyone involved would be if we could do something truly spectacular. We've been talking about it for a couple years and there's always been this idea, a big idea, in the back of my head that we've been talking about.

  Joseph Kosinski

  Couple, Thinking, Talking

  Source: collider.com

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• My novels tend to come about from a fusion of two big ideas, creating a critical mass that then fissions, throwing off hundreds of other particles, riffs, tropes and characters.

  Will Self

  Character, Ideas, Two

  "In the beginning" by Will Self, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2007.

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• The job of the leader is to get the big ideas right.

  David Petraeus

  Jobs, Ideas, Leader

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• You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

  Adriana Trigiani

  Ideas, Ordinary, Very Inspirational

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• It takes a big idea to attract the attention of consumers and get them to buy your product. Unless your advertising contains a big idea, it will pass like a ship in the night. I doubt if more than one campaign in a hundred contains a big idea.

  David Ogilvy

  Night, Ideas, Doubt

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• It's time for the party of big ideas, not the party of Big Brother!

  Mitt Romney

  Brother, Party, Ideas

  Mitt Romney's Speech at the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota, www.npr.org. September 3, 2008.

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• I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Motivational Sports, Ideas, Welcome

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Ideas, Focus, Accountability

  "Bloomberg will decide on White House bid by early March" by John King, edition.cnn.com. January 10, 2008.

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• Little do women know what big ideas I have in my pants.

  Bill Maher

  Ideas, Littles, Pants

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• The American people... want change. They want big ideas, big reform.

  Rahm Emanuel

  Ideas, People, Reform

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