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The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.
Tom Stoppard

After, State, Pay

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Walter Bagehot

Life, Family, Down

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.
Martin Scorsese

God, Loved, Flying

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.
William Shatner

Good, Best, Bad

A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
Helen Rowland

Beauty, Quite, Forever

A thought is an idea in transit.
Pythagoras

Thought, Transit

I mean, just because you're a musician doesn't mean all your ideas are about music. So every once in a while I get an idea about plumbing, I get an idea about city government, and they come the way they come.
Jerry Garcia

Music, Government, Mean

Let us agree here today to adopt among ourselves a simple and unwritten rule. We will not rise to criticize someone else's idea unless we are prepared to offer an alternative idea of our own.
Marco Rubio

Today, Simple, Someone

This idea of how everything is interconnected, and the impermanence of things.. It sums up the human condition to me, and it helps me on my path.
Jeff Bridges

Human, Path, Condition

I'm kind of an idea guy.
Jeff Bridges

I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
Mos Def

Love, Peace, Family

Karaoke isn't fair when you're a comedian. The whole idea is to get people laughing and enjoying themselves, and I'm a professional funny guy.
Chris Rock

Funny, Whole, Themselves

All over the world, the idea of creating an melange of international musics, it's a very healthy thing.
Robert Plant

Healthy, Creating, Musics

Never in my wildest dreams did I entertain the idea that I would become a fashion designer.
Giorgio Armani

Dreams, Fashion, Become

Most of the bad taste I've been accused of has been generic bad taste; it's been making fun of an idea as opposed to a person.
John Cleese

Fun, Bad, Person

Sometimes I get an idea for cinema. And when you get an idea that you fall in love with, this is a glorious day.
David Lynch

Love, Sometimes, Fall

An original idea. That can't be too hard. The library must be full of them.
Stephen Fry

Hard, Library, Full

You know what I want? The answer is, I truly don't know what I want. I don't want to do a television series. I want to do dramas as well as comedies, but I have no idea what kind or in what order. Just give me the chance at them.
Michael J. Fox

Give, Chance, Order

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.
Martin Scorsese

Through, Eyes, Loved

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image of yourself you're giving to the world, you're on a dangerous path.
Jeanne Moreau

Yourself, Important, Giving

You have this idea that you'd better keep working otherwise people will forget. And that was dangerous.
Robin Williams

Forget, Working, Keep

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love.
Hector Berlioz

Love, Music, May

I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be helping to bring about a healing.
Leonard Nimoy

May, Healing, Bring

Somewhere between the intellectual idea of why we're attracted to certain things and the pragmatic reality is some form of ever-evolving truth.
Billy Corgan

Truth, Reality, Why

Even if you don't believe in God, exploring fully the idea of a god or gods should pose no threat to you.
Billy Corgan

God, Gods, Threat

My dear wife has, I would say, probably never opened a religious book, and seems to be one of those people to whom the whole idea is utterly remote and absurd.
Christopher Hitchens

Wife, Book, Whole

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.
Brian De Palma

Fun, Sexy, Making

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.
Peter Wright

Romantic, Thought, Artist

I have no idea how much money I've got.
Daniel Radcliffe

When you fall head over heels for someone, you're not falling in love with who they are as a person; you're falling in love with your idea of love.
Elisabeth Rohm

Love, Someone, Person

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