"Most "original" ideas aren't completely original, but instead are the result of two basic methods for generating ideas: problems in search of solutions and solutions in search of problems."

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Source : Barry Nalebuff, Ian Ayres (2006). “Why Not?: How to Use Everyday Ingenuity to Solve Problems Big and Small”, p.14, Harvard Business Press

Barry Nalebuff

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“When you win an election, you are always inclined to believe you won for the reasons you wanted to win.”
“I hurt for my Marines, goodhearted American guys who'd bear these burdens for the rest of their lives. And I mourned for myself. Not in self-pity, but for the kid who'd come to Iraq. He was gone. I did all this in the dark, away from the platoon, because combat command is the loneliest job in the world.”

Source : Nathaniel Fick (2006). “One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer”, p.243, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Love isn't relevant once things are really bad. They say love makes the world go round-but it doesn't, you know. Love is a luxury, and you indulge in it when things are OK. As soon as they are bad-really bad-there just isn't a place for it anymore-no place where there could be room for it”
“What it's like to be a parent: It's one of the hardest things you'll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.”

Source : FaceBook post by Nicholas Sparks from Jun 21, 2011
“When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.”
“I don't care about the clubs, I don't care about the radio, all I care about is getting my digital downloads.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power.”
“In 'Delhi Belly,' I was bald; in other movies I always carried a different look.”

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