Originals Quotes

• There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original meaning. Surely every man will have advisers by his side, but the decision will be made by one man.

  Adolf Hitler

  Military, Men, Decision

  Adolf Hitler (1971). “Mein Kampf”, Mariner Books

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• Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the rebel, the breaker of idols.

  Robert Gordis

  Creativity, Past, Order

  Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

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• There is no original sin. It's all been done before.

  Louis Dudek

  Done, Sin, Original Sin

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• When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if you are saying something banal, it will seem original if you make it vague, open-ended, and sphinxlike. Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

  Robert Greene

  Powerful, Saying Less, People

  "The 48 Laws Of Power". Book by Robert Greene, 2010.

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• Insist upon yourself. Be original.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Creating, Funny Basketball, Originality

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• Every individual has the potential to be original.

  Harbhajan Singh Yogi

  Inspirational, Bhajans, Individual

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• Paleoanthropology is not a science that ends with the discovery of a bone. One has to have the original to work with. It is a life-long task.

  Richard Leakey

  Discovery, Long, Tasks

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• You are the architect of your own loneliness.

  Adam Shankman

  Loneliness, Architect

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• You are the architect of your own life.

  Henry Thomas Hamblin

  Architect

  Henry Thomas Hamblin (2009). “The Power of Thought”, p.4, The Floating Press

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• Don't try to be original. Be simple. Be good technically, and if there is something in you, it will come out.

  Henri Matisse

  Simple, Trying, Be Good

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• And then certainly, whatsoever you do - your character, your behaviour - is yours, authentically yours. It has your signature on it. Then you are not a carbon copy, you are original. The Zen people call it finding the original face.

  Rajneesh

  Character, People, Meditation

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• Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

  Maya Angelou

  Thinking, Intellectual, Intelligence

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• History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Fake People, Reality, History

  "The Old Regime and the Revolution". Book by Alexis de Tocqueville, p. 88, 1856.

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• Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust into the political unconscious can sovereignty feel secure.

  Terry Eagleton

  Political, Occupation, Invasion

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• Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

  David Cronenberg

  Writing, Different, Difficult

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• I think the purveyors of e-books are only too happy for this atmosphere of 'everything belongs to everybody' to increase because it means they don't have to think so much about the original maker of the thing, or they can get away with paying them less.

  Graham Swift

  Book, Mean, Thinking

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• All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the three original TV networks.

  Carl Bernstein

  New York, Years, Three

  "Carl Bernstein: Is Phone-Hacking Scandal Murdoch's Watergate?". www.newsweek.com. July 9, 2011.

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• I think it's my nature to try and make original content, and that's what I've done, is just try and approach things in an original way, and do things differently.

  Darren Aronofsky

  Thinking, Trying, Done

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• You cannot describe it or draw it. You cannot praise it enough or perceive it. No place can be found in which to put the Original Face; it will not disappear even when the universe is destroyed.

  Wumen Huikai

  Faces, Spirituality, Praise

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• I love the idea of leaving some of the original abstract thought in, because the problem is that when you pick up a pen you become a snob, your own worse critic. You edit yourself in a way that is non-creative.

  Glen Hansard

  Editing, Ideas, Creative

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• Since we launched the original 'Pop Idol' in England, I've remained close with Simon Fuller. Working as executive producer on 'American idol' for its first seven years not only was an inspirational journey into the heart of American pop culture, it opened my eyes to the untapped potential of the incredibly dynamic young people in this world.

  Nigel Lythgoe

  Inspirational, Heart, Eye

  "Nigel Lythgoe officially returning to ‘American Idol’" by Daniel Fienberg, uproxx.com. August 05, 2010.

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• To be honest, I found the 3D in 'Avatar' to be inconsistent and while ground breaking in many respects, sometimes I thought it overwhelmed the storytelling. Technology aside, I wish 'Avatar' had been more original in its storytelling.

  Mark Canton

  Technology, Wish, Overwhelmed

  "The SUNDAY FUNNIES: James Cameron Hates Piranha 3D and Taylor Lautner Lawsuit Updates" by Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. September 5, 2010.

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• I was in the original cast of Wicked, and that got a bad review in The New York Times, and it’s the most successful thing that’s ever been put onstage.

  Norbert Leo Butz

  New York, Successful, Wicked

  "Norbert Leo Butz And The Root Of Evil". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 27, 2012.

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• Obviously everybody knows that I'm an original songwriter and I got my band. And the guys in Sugar Money, no matter what, are part of my family and they always got something to do with me, and I don't care if they just hang out with me.

  Bo Bice

  Guy, Band, Care

  "Rocking Runner-Up Bo Bice Wants To Show What He's Really About". Interview with Corey Moss, www.mtv.com. May 25, 2005.

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