• No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves.

  Source: The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)

  Mignon McLaughlin
  American writer, editor 1913-1983
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1. brilliantly
2. ourselves
3. thought
4. unless

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No matter how brilliantly an idea is stated, we will not really be moved unless we have already half thought of it ourselves. by : Mignon McLaughlin

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