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I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and be original. — Aaliyah
Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He… — Karen Armstrong
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to… — Walter Bagehot
The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman. — Honore de Balzac
I love inventive food, but I want the classic dishes to taste like how I remember them. I get a little bummed out when there… — Drew Barrymore
We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth. — Dave Barry
What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into… — Kristen Bell
Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in… — Warren G. Bennis
U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and ours alone. — Bono
I do a great deal of work with young children, and if you give a child a problem, he may come up with a highly… — Edward de Bono
The original is unfaithful to the translation. — Jorge Luis Borges
I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans. — Beau Bridges
Less than fifteen per cent of the people do any original thinking on any subject. The greatest torture in the world for most people is… — Luther Burbank
It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by… — Julie Burchill
All human laws are, properly speaking, only declaratory; they have no power over the substance of original justice. — Edmund Burke
Changes... can only be effected by alterations in the original. The only thing not prerecorded in a prerecorded universe are the prerecordings themselves. The copies… — William S. Burroughs
There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original. — Judith Butler
If I do do a sequel, I'm going to have to know for sure that the script is better than the original. So I'm going… — Nicolas Cage
Most of my favourite moments in film have been when I've had an opportunity to say something from scratch, something original, whether I jotted down… — Nicolas Cage
I signed on with Disney to star and choreograph an original film. — Paula Abdul

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