Derivative Quotes

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The power of Kings and Magistrates is nothing else, but what is only derivative, transferrd and committed to them in trust from the People, to… — John Milton
Fantasy remains a human right: we make in our measure and in our derivative mode, because we are made: and not only made, but made… — J.R.R. Tolkien
Since I was not able wholly to subscribe to any one set of beliefs advanced by any 'guru' I had to fall back on my… — Anthony Storr
Readers are less and less seen as mere non-writers, the subhuman other or flawed derivative of the author; the lack of a pen is no… — Terry Eagleton
That's what I think is smart about 'Durham County.' It's not derivative of anything American. It's more in the vein of the BBC miniseries I… — Michelle Forbes
Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative. — Larry Wall
France has lived a long time - eight or nine centuries - and yet art in France, too, was derivative up until the 19th Century. — Raoul Dufy
A lot of songs are derivative of each other. — Tori Amos
I'm starting to feel like so much of rock music is derivative and boring. — Mary Timony
Scientific research sooner or later, but inevitably, encounters something ultimately given that it cannot trace back to something else of which it would appear as… — Ludwig von Mises
It is evident that no derivative laws can teach the young student to see and apprehend colour in nature. His perception needs development as urgently… — Walter J. Phillips
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as derivative from consciousness. We cannot get behind consciousness. Everything that we talk about, everything that we… — Max Planck
I regard consciousness as fundamental. I regard matter as a derivative of consciousness. — Max Planck
It is incontestable and deplorable that Negroes have committed crimes; but they are derivative crimes. They are born of the greater crimes of the white… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading. — Charles Kuralt
Our influences are who we are. It's rare that anything is an absolutely pure vision; even Daniel Johnston sounds like the Beatles. And that's the… — Eddie Vedder
A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves,… — Irvin D. Yalom
To follow Jesus implies that we enter into a way of life that is given character and shape and direction by the one who calls… — Eugene H. Peterson
The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it must enforce… — Malcolm Gladwell
I am ready to disclaim my opinion, even of yesterday, even of 10 minutes ago, because all opinions are relative. One lives in a field… — Peter Brook

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