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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
Web services fits into the original vision of the ASP model in that there are these functions out on the Internet and you can just… — Unknown Author
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called… — Henry Clarence Thiessen
Happiness is your original nature, it is YOU, minus your neurosis — Robert Holden
Much of the geographical work of the past hundred years... has either explicitly or implicitly taken its inspiration from biology, and in particular Darwin. Many… — Unknown Author
Cabbage as a food has problems. It is easy to grow, a useful source of greenery for much of the year. Yet as a vegetable… — Jane Grigson

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