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title: "11 Original Thinker Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [There is a wide difference between the original thinker and the merely learned man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-schopenhauer/there-is-a-wide-difference-between-the-original-thinker-and-the/)

[Arthur Schopenhauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-schopenhauer/)

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> [I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aravind-adiga/i-am-not-an-original-thinker-but-i-am-an-original-listener/)

[Aravind Adiga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aravind-adiga/)

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> [Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/many-a-man-fails-as-an-original-thinker-simply-because-his-memory-it/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [A teenager is a original thinker who is positive that their parents were never teenagers!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vvn/a-teenager-is-a-original-thinker-who-is-positive-that-their-parents/)

[VVN](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vvn/)

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> [Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory is too good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/many-a-man-fails-as-an-original-thinker-simply-because-his-memory-is/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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> [No woman has been a significant original thinker in any of the world's great philosophical traditions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-murray/no-woman-has-been-a-significant-original-thinker-in-any-of-the-world/)

[Charles Murray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-murray/)

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> [In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative, original thinker unless you can also sell what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/in-the-modern-world-of-business-it-is-useless-to-be-a-creative/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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> [“Only the human mind, unspoiled by the officially structured education and the authority opinions on different subjects, can produce an original thinker.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boris-zubry/only-the-human-mind-unspoiled-by-the-officially-structured-education/)

[Boris Zubry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boris-zubry/)

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> [I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/i-wouldn-t-say-i-m-a-very-original-thinker-but-if-i-have-a-good/)

[Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/)

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> [If you're an original thinker, you are going get told 'no' a lot, and you have to be able to hear 'no'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-offerman/if-you-re-an-original-thinker-you-are-going-get-told-no-a-lot-and-you/)

[Nick Offerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-offerman/)

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> [In the modern world of business, it is useless to be a creative original thinker unless you can also sell what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-ogilvy/in-the-modern-world-of-business-it-is-useless-to-be-a-creative-2/)

[David Ogilvy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-ogilvy/)

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