To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.

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• To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research.
  Felson's...
• To steal from one person is theft. To steal from many is taxation.
  Daiell's Law (a take-off on Felson's...
• If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
  Wilson...
• Copy from one, it's plagiarism; copy from two,
  it's research...
• When you take stuff from one writer it's plagiarism;
  but when you take it from many writers, it's research...
• To steal information from a person is called plagarism.
  To steal information from the enemy is called gathering...
• Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study.
  Theft from three or more is research...
• Steal from everyone & keep it. Just call it taxes. -
  Liberal Rule...
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  Six, one to wear it around the neck, one to bring ecstasy...