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Led Zeppelin is the greatest. Robert Plant is one of the most original vocalists of our time. As a rock band they deserve the kind… — Freddie Mercury
You want to cut down air pollution? Cut down the original source... Breathin'! — Walt Kelly
Architecture has its political Use; publick Buildings being the Ornament of a Country; it establishes a Nation, draws People and Commerce; makes the People love… — Christopher Wren
I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those… — Benjamin Franklin
It is decidedly not true that "nice guys finish last," as that highly original American baseball philosopher, Leo Durocher, was alleged to have said. — Alan Greenspan
The President is no more than a well-meaning baboon. I went to the White House directly after tea, where I found "The Original Gorilla", about… — George B. McClellan
God is the original, master forgiver. Each time we grope our reluctant way through the minor miracle of forgiving, we are imitating his style. I… — Lewis B. Smedes
It may be conceit, but I believe the subject will interest the public, and I am sure that the views are original. — Charles Darwin
Don't look for someone in whom to believe. Believe in yourself. The only authentic authority is your own original nature. — Vernon Howard
Memory never recaptures reality. Memory reconstructs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short. — Frank Herbert
Memory itself is an internal rumour; and when to this hearsay within the mind we add the falsified echoes that reach us from others, we… — George Santayana
All our lives we are engaged in preserving our experiences and keeping them fresh by artificially sprinkling the water of memory over them. They have… — Vimala Thakar
There is a simple path to follow, that appears only when you calm your mind. It leads you on a beautiful journey back to your… — Bryant H. McGill
For original ideas to come about, you have to let them percolate under the level of consciousness in a place where we have no way… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment. — Maya Angelou
Screenwriting is a terrible way to make a living and I always try to talk anyone out of it. Until you sit in a story… — Unknown Author
When doing everything according to indications, although things may not turn out agreeably to indication, we should not change to another while the original appearances… — Hippocrates
Original sin, therefore, appears to be a hereditary, depravity and corruption of our nature, diffused through all the parts of the soul, rendering us obnoxious… — John Calvin
Real crying usually lasts two minutes or less, but may continue for five. After that point, the child is merely complaining... I would require him… — James Dobson
Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion… — Judith Butler
The point we emphasize is strong confidence in our original nature. — Shunryu Suzuki
There is in us an instinct for newness, for renewal, for a liberation of creative power. We seek to awaken in ourselves a force which… — Thomas Merton
I came with the notion of perhaps saying something for monks and to monks of all religions because I am supposed to be a monk.… — Thomas Merton
To be free is to be capable of thinking one's own thoughts - not the thoughts merely of the body, or of society, but thoughts… — Rudolf Steiner
The inerrancy of Scripture means that scripture in the original manuscripts does not affirm anything that is contrary to fact. — Wayne Grudem

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