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Original Thing Quotes

Ira Glass quote: "It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond..."
It's not a terribly original thing to say, but I love Raymond Carver. For one thing, he's fun to read out loud. Ira Glass
I am like the Jack Nicholson of the Kings - every single game. If there was a game tonight I wouldn't be here. I used to play hockey. That was my original thing. My first thing, I wanted to play professional hockey. Rob Zombie
C. S. Lewis quote: "We are ready to turn and twist the facts until they bear no..."
We are ready to turn and twist the facts until they bear no resemblance to the original thing. C. S. Lewis
Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk and jazz. They were all doing original things, trying to create their own sound and music. I think they're all great. Ikue Mori
Robertson Davies quote: "The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself...."
The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. Robertson Davies
I'll think of the idea and then I'll write something down, then within that there will be a joke or two which is the original thing which I thought was funny. David Cross
Steve Lacy quote: "Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat..."
Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. Steve Lacy
Mike Rutherford quote: "Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very..."
Seventy percent of what I write, I throw out. I can write very easily, but writing original things is the hard bit. Mike Rutherford
Billy Joel quote: "I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are..."
I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes. Billy Joel
John Stuart Mill quote: "Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot..."
Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. John Stuart Mill
Thomas Carlyle quote: "Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and..."
Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. Thomas Carlyle
Original sin is that thing about man which makes him capable of conceiving of his own perfection and incapable of achieving it. Reinhold Niebuhr
People think genius a fine thing if it enables a man to write an exciting poem, or paint a picture, But in its true sense, that of originality in thought and action, though no one says that it is not a thing to be admired, nearly all, at heart, think that they can do very well without it. Unhappily this is too natural to be wondered at. Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of. They cannot see what it is to do for them: how should they? If they could see what... John Stuart Mill
2. "HOW COULD anything originate out of its opposite? For example, truth out of error? or the Will to Truth out of the will to deception? or the generous deed out of selfishness? or the pure sun-bright vision of the wise man out of covetousness? Such genesis is impossible; whoever dreams of it is a fool, nay, worse than a fool; things of the highest value must have a different origin, an origin of THEIR own—in this transitory, seductive, illusory, paltry world, in this turmoil of delusion and... Friedrich Nietzsche
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother... Jim Jarmusch

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