And I think that, in many ways, is having a positive effect on the idea of doing something now.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

But you go on reflexively to stigmatizing weapons systems and call for unilateral U.S. restraints, so that maybe nobody else will think of the idea of doing something that they've obviously thought of and have a very profound interest in doing.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy

They started with the vague idea of doing something in alternative energy and spent months researching fuel cells, only to discover what countless others have found: Fuel cells are temperamental and run on expensive fuels like hydrogen and natural gas.

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The idea of a little girl doing something that ultimately destroys so many lives may seem familiar - it is roughly the notion behind Ian McEwan's Atonement, a Booker nominee in 2001.

BBC: Trevor's tragic tale

There is no natural right to the ownership of an idea or a way of doing something.

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Those who oppose the idea argue that if you raise the cost of doing something (such as hiring workers), you get less of it.

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We were just doing something we enjoyed, were motivated by the idea of being accountable for our own destinies and, most of all, we liked each other.

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