A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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Mark Twain

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A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.
A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.

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A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. A good idea is an orphan without effective communication. Our ideas must be as broad as Nature if they are to interpret Nature. If you want a new idea, read an old book.