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title: "7 People Original Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 People Original quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best People Original sayings and thoughts."
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> [“The writer Jonathan Lethem has said that when people call something “original,” nine out of ten times they just don’t know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/the-writer-jonathan-lethem-has-said-that-when-people-call-something/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38f/austin-kleon-1835_writing_the-writer-jonathan-lethem-has-said-that_209798.png)

> [Very few people are original. There's very little original anything out there. Because to be original means you have to stand alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-powter/very-few-people-are-original-there-s-very-little-original-anything/)

[Susan Powter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-powter/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67f/susan-powter-24955_creativity_very-few-people-are-original-there-s-ver_257454.jpg)

> [I hope that the things that I sing about will be an inspiration for people to be original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/india-arie/i-hope-that-the-things-that-i-sing-about-will-be-an-inspiration-for/)

[India Arie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/india-arie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/india-arie-3506_be-original_i-hope-that-the-things-that-i-sing-about_488525.png)

> [When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-gondry/when-people-are-very-original-sometimes-they-are-original-as-a-way-to/)

[Michel Gondry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-gondry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/706/michel-gondry-6811_mainstream_when-people-are-very-original-sometimes_737061.png)

> [Why cant people be original . Being original is not wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/why-cant-people-be-original-being-original-is-not-wrong/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f8/anonymous-1_being-original_why-cant-people-be-original-being-origin_1074832.jpg)

> [When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-lethem/when-people-call-something-original-9-out-of-10-times-they-just-don-t/)

[Jonathan Lethem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-lethem/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/jonathan-lethem-1403_involved_when-people-call-something-original-9-ou_2237258.png)

> [The most successful people are so original.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idina-menzel/the-most-successful-people-are-so-original/)

[Idina Menzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idina-menzel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c7a/idina-menzel-4279_creativity_the-most-successful-people-are-so-origin_2683757.jpg)

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