Just because you have an idea and a word processor doesn't mean that your idea should become a novel.
The promotion of Mr Willetts does not mean that his idea of civic Conservatism has been formally embraced.
"The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous -- I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, " Lennon later recalled.
The idea should mean that anyone with an Open ID identifier can use it to log in to, and use, any and every other site that has signed up to the scheme.
The prevailing view is that a win for Democrat Barack Obama would mean higher gold prices on the idea of the status quo continuing, and win for Republican Mitt Romney would mean lower gold prices on thoughts that he might replace Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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You must have some idea -- I mean, how close is -- I mean, is that the holdup?
So what of the idea that the techniques mean children have three parents?
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No one really likes this idea because it would mean a lot of programs would suffer, or cease to exist.
But you talk about police, I mean how would you do any better than Labour on police, I mean what's your big idea to attract people who seem not to want to be attracted to joining the police force?
However, Sir Tim added that resistance to such an idea by other nations would mean the problem could be avoided.
Think of the way Facebook and Twitter buttons are integrated in iOS for an idea of what that might mean.
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"Simple doesn't necessarily mean it's not a good idea, " he said.
Thirdly, the idea that basic qualifications should mean real competence, of the kind an employer can rely on, rather than notional achievements measured by educational theorists, receives a welcome boost.
"A combination of flawed management information and poor communication with applicants and staff mean that G4S senior management had no idea how badly wrong their operation was going until it was too late to retrieve it, " the report said.
Making social connections around learning is not a new idea, though social networks mean it takes less time and, given the potential for reaching around the globe for these networks, the difference in background of those involved can be refreshingly wide.
It's just that photography purists (and just people who expect 8 megapixels to mean 8 megapixels) will scoff at the idea that full-size quality should be sacrified for improvements at lower resolution.
So I mean we've got to even put that idea of early releases in context.
Its aim: to set a standard for all restaurants to follow and banish the idea that being worthy doesn't mean sacrificing a good dining experience.
What I meant when I was 26 is quite different than what I mean now when, you know, I had no idea it would.
The owners had no idea the change was coming or what it would mean for our work.
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National competitiveness is a slippery and sometimes incoherent idea, but a coherent version is to take it to mean a population with the human capital to adapt when old jobs go away, and shift quickly out of dying industries and into growing ones.
That is reassuring, but it does not mean that the use of trade measures to enforce core labour standards is a good idea.
What it does mean, however, is that you shouldn't get bogged down with this idea that you can't ever return anything that is more than 12 months old.
That may reflect the opportunity cost: in a boom skimping on sleep may mean you can earn more (though, like many things that seem a good idea at the time, the true costs may show up later).
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They, I mean I don't want to get in to oil economics, but the idea that one can sort of turn the tap on and off like this, in the quantities that Gordon Brown suggests, I think is unrealistic.
"That doesn't mean we are going to find anything specific, but we have got more of an idea from the technology where to look first, " he said.
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In Damascus earlier this year, a senior presidential aide told me they would not accept the idea of a transitional body with "full executive powers" which would effectively mean relinquishing control.
Indeed, euro-zone ministers have said they may just press ahead with their own FTT if they cannot win EU-wide agreement which could mean extra business for London from the likes of Frankfurt and Paris if Britain vetoes the idea.
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