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Like a ship, a car should be named after a girl as it's sexy. My original car was called Kate. But then it got smashed… — Sebastian Vettel
Creativity is the process of having original ideas that have value — Ken Robinson
The original series of Watchmen is the complete story that Alan Moore and I wanted to tell. However, I appreciate DC's reasons for this initiative… — Dave Gibbons
The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us;… — Phil Cousineau
I choose material instinctually - at the heart of it are characters that I feel are fresh and original, and allow for an opportunity to,… — Kathryn Bigelow
Certain new theologians dispute original sin, which is the only part of Christian theology which can really be proved. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
. . . it is interesting to note that the original problem that started my research is still outstanding - namely the problem of planning… — George Dantzig
The character we exhibit in the latter half of our life need not necessarily be, though it often is, our original character, developed further, dried… — Marcel Proust
It is a matter of glimpsing that in God's new creation, of which Jesus's resurrection is the start, all that was good in the original… — N. T. Wright
We would have to invent the U.N if we did not have it which is not an original thought — Shirley Temple
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to… — Luc de Clapiers
This amazing breakthrough full-length revolutionary audio uses a powerful new combination of a subliminal hypnotic induction AND beautiful original music (created with a really cool… — Joe Vitale
Those who live in the country get idiotic in time, without noticing it, for a while they think it's original and good for their health,… — Thomas Bernhard
I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The… — Leo Lionni
When I first tried to get a record deal for my original music, labels didn’t understand what these instruments were meant to be doing — Suzanne Ciani
To be true to ourselves, however, is not an easy task. We must break free of the seductions of society and live life on our… — Robin Sharma
Did you know that the original title for War and Peace was War, What Is It Good For? — Jerry Seinfeld
Novel-writing can be a cold-blooded business. One uses whatever happens to be lying around in memory and employs it to suit one’s end….Then, again, during… — J. L. Carr
The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and… — Felix Klein
Painting is the aesthetic side of the object but it has never been original, has never been its own goal. — Kazimir Malevich
For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now… — August Wilson
These are the stories of travelers on a spiritual quest between worlds. Part mythmaker, part poet, Omar Castaeda is an original, and these stories are… — Toi Derricotte
We are compelled by reflection to recognize that God is not to be placed against the material world [as in Christianity], but must be placed… — Ernst Haeckel
All cities are geological; you cannot take three steps without encountering ghosts bearing all the prestige of their legends. We move within a closed landscape… — Ivan Chtcheglov
There's certainly nothing original about the observation that conscious experience poses a hard problem. — David Chalmers

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