We now live in a world both in film and television where everything is based on something. You point out, "Star Wars"… — Alfred Gough Copy Share Image
For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If you come up with the original idea on your laptop, anything else is an embellishment of that idea. It's nice to… — Hudson Mohawke Copy Share Image
You never want to have a movie be derivative, because that's the worst if you ask me. I always want to be… — Dylan McDermott Copy Share Image
No original thought still exists. People are original, each one of them. The same ideas that others had before you are waiting… — Ashly Lorenzana Copy Share Image
My concern is that the leaders who are presently responsible for guiding the masses and teaching the people in the church environment,… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to… — J. J. Abrams Copy Share Image
What happened was I was invited to meet Tom [Hardy] to discuss a project that he had in his mind about an… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“I think many of us live with this nagging sense that we could go deeper. That there is some elusive "next level"… — Kate Kretz Copy Share Image
The original idea [ of the Pineapple Express] came from Judd [Apatow] actually. He just kind of had the loose notion of… — Seth Rogen Copy Share Image
To create man was a quaint and original idea, but to add the sheep was tautology. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Some people have no original ideas because they do not think well enough of themselves to consider their ideas worth noticing and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
As usual the Liberals offer a mixture of sound and original ideas. Unfortunately none of the sound ideas is original and none… — Harold MacMillan Copy Share Image
As cliched as it sounds, if you have an original voice and an original idea, then no matter what anybody says, you… — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
I don't know if there's a problem with original ideas... I think a healthy film industry should have a good supply of… — Colin Firth Copy Share Image
I get it that remakes are a drag to hear about. I'm on the Internet all the time. I know what they… — Michael De Luca Copy Share Image
The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
“CopyCats use Other People’s Ideas (OPI) and often feel deeply frustrated at the overwhelming competition they face. Creatives only compete with themselves, as… — Jen Fraser Copy Share Image
It's just like music when you reckon it up. It's like, listening to Pavement, it's just the Fall in 1985, isn't it?… — Mark E. Smith Copy Share Image
What I'm saying is individuals have better ideas if they're connected to rich, diverse networks of other individuals. If you put yourself… — Steven Johnson Copy Share Image
After the Volcker Fund collapsed, I got another grant from the Lilly Endowment to do a history of the U.S., which I… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Men want to be reminded, who do not want to be taught; because those original ideas of rectitude to which the mind… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Deceit for personal gain is one of history's most recurring crimes. Man's first step towards change would be thinking, counter-arguing, re-thinking, twisting,… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
The purpose of this is not show that I can do it better, because I think Superman is perfect. The original creation… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Realizing how often ingenious speculation in the complex biological world has led nowhere and how often the real advances in biology as… — Thomas Hunt Morgan Copy Share Image
The pace of change for entrepreneurs is rapidly accelerating, and the cost and risk of launching a new business and getting off… — Matt Mickiewicz Copy Share Image
I've learned mainly by reading myself. So I don't think I have any original ideas. Certainly, I talk about reading Graham. I've… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a… — Thelonious Monk Copy Share Image
Really, the moment you have any idea, the second thought that enters your mind after the original idea is, "What is this?… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“There's a theme that appears in much of your work," I say to Maurice on my last visit to Connecticut, "and I… — Jonathan Cott Copy Share Image
Anything that has to travel all the way down from your cerebellum to your fingertips, there's a lot of things that can… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
We think about the world in all ways we experience it ; we think visually, we think in sign, we think kinesthetically,… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
This is a sad, sad reflection on our times, when people must feed off the carcasses of beloved stories from their youths-just… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone… — Chip Kelly Copy Share Image
My major contribution to the format was to suggest that I be able to step out of the plot and speak directly… — George Burns Copy Share Image
I think some bands thrive on the idea of changing instruments. When they're off their real instrument, the ability to go very… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value - more often than not, comes about through the interaction of… — Ken Robinson Copy Share Image
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