Original Quotes
1861 quotes by 1452 authors
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You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.
— Andrew Carnegie
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the desire which formed in us…
— Willa Cather
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have…
— Eric Clapton
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My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to…
— Eric Clapton
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If you go forward in the spirit of the original apostles and followers of Jesus Christ, trusting not in man but in the living God,…
— Adam Clarke
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Hollywood still makes things. We still export a couple billion dollars' worth of product overseas. Original, new product. Some people might not agree that it's…
— George Clooney
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An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.
— Jean Cocteau
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It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of…
— Lascelles Abercrombie
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?' In the case of the…
— Ian Anderson
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In original nature There is no this and that. The Great Round Mirror Has no likes or dislikes.
— Seungsahn
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So says the most ancient book of the Earth; thus it is written on its leaves of marble, lime, sand, slate, and clay: ... that…
— Johann Gottfried Herder
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The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. ... While the artist's communication is linked forever with its…
— Max Delbruck
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When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.
— Dogen
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That Americans are entitled to freedom is incontestable on every rational principle. All men have one common original: they participate in one common nature, and…
— Alexander Hamilton
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His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in…
— Jesse Jackson
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Let methods be changed, therefore, if necessary, that prayer may be given its true place. Let there be days set apart for intercession; let the…
— John Mott
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The original PATRIOT Act greatly increased our nation's ability to share intelligence information, made better use of technology, and provided terrorism investigators tools that have…
— Michael K. Simpson
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We believe that we know something about the things themselves when we speak of trees, colors, snow, and flowers; and yet we possess nothing but…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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The church must never become a government factory, carrying on a nationalized industry of religion with the people as the bolts and nuts; with God…
— Unknown Author
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The policy of letting the child 'do what he likes' is an insidious one, since the children are encouraged to continue always at their original…
— Murray Rothbard
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