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The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but ‘[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this… — Sandra Day O'Connor
In Harvest of Stars, there is this notion, not original with me of course, that it will become possible to download at least the basic… — Poul Anderson
Stale is stale and borrowed is borrowed, no matter how original your models may have been. — Robert Silverberg
I don't consider myself a musician who has achieved perfection and can't develop any further. But I compose my pieces with a formula that I… — Thelonious Monk
I'm often wary of using the word 'inspiration' to introduce my work -- it sounds too much like a sun shower from the heavens, absorbed… — Shaun Tan
I knew that collaborating on songwriting would be difficult for a lot of people, because I was known very much, for my independence and the… — Liz Phair
Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination Authenticity is invaluable; originality is non-existent. And don’t bother concealing your… — Jim Jarmusch
And obviously, when I started out, I had a little bit more curiosity than some, and went seeking out the original artists, or in some… — Elvis Costello
Perhaps the efforts of the true poets, founders, religions, literatures, all ages, have been, and ever will be, our time and times to come, essentially… — Walt Whitman
We are hopeful that you will want to visit our planet in the near future. We are in the process of restoring our environment to… — Jeremy Rifkin
Philosophical argument, trying to get someone to believe something whether he wants to believe it or not, is not, I have held, a nice way… — Robert Nozick
Historically and phenomenologically viewed, dance is the original art. All arts are found within it, in its undivided unity. The image, made dynamic through movement… — Gerard van der Leeuw
But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat. — Trevor Baylis
The inspired scribbler always has the gift for gossip in our common usage he or she can always inspire the commonplace with an uncommon flavor,… — Elizabeth Drew
I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for… — Danny Boyle
I see exercise taking this perverted detour. The original intention of exercise was to heal and maintain health. Now I see it as having nothing… — Bryan Kest
John and I had a few meetings about what direction the sequel should take. I made some real insane suggestions. True to what you'd expect,… — Donald Pleasence
John Carpenter created the idea of Halloween, so his vision remains the most focused and intelligently directed of the series. The directors that have followed… — Donald Pleasence
Keep on the lookout for novel ideas that others have used successfully. Your idea has to be original only in its adaptation to the problem… — Thomas A. Edison
If there's an original thought out there, I could use one right now. — Bob Dylan
Sometimes you have to be worn out and burnt out to become authentic and original. — Michael Eisner
The majority of business men are not capable of an original thought, simply because they cannot escape the tyranny of reason. — David Ogilvy
Love of colors bewilders the eye and it fails to see right. Love of harmonies bewitches the ear, and it loses its true hearing. Love… — Zhuangzi
As to the fable that there are Antipodes, that is to say, men on the opposite side of the earth where the sun rises when… — Saint Augustine
There is to my mind no doubt that the concept of beautiful had its roots in sexual excitation and that its original meaning was sexually… — Sigmund Freud

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