#idea

My idea of beauty is somebody that doesn't have to try too much, someone who is effortless and fresh. ↗

— Jessica Ennis

#effortless #fresh #idea #much #somebody

The basis of computer work is predicated on the idea that only the brain makes decisions and only the index finger does the work. ↗

— Brian Eno

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I got interested in the idea of music that could make itself, in a sense, in the mid 1960s really, when I first heard composers like Terry Riley, and when I first started playing with tape recorders. ↗

— Brian Eno

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I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that. ↗

— Brian Eno

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If I tried to make a commercial album, it would be a complete flop. I have no idea what the world at large likes. ↗

— Brian Eno

#commercial #complete #flop #i #i tried

The philosophical idea that there are no more distances, that we are all just one world, that we are all brothers, is such a drag! I like differences. ↗

— Brian Eno

#differences #distances #drag #i #idea

When I started making my own records, I had this idea of drowning out the singer and putting the rest in the foreground. It was the background that interested me. ↗

— Brian Eno

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Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management. ↗

— Brian Epstein

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You see, idealism detached from action is just a dream. But idealism allied with pragmatism, with rolling up your sleeves and making the world bend a bit, is very exciting. It's very real. It's very strong. ↗

— Bono

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America is not just a country, it's an idea, and real Americans are getting busy. ↗

— Bono

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