Original Quotes
1861 Original quotes by 1452 unique authors
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English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will…
— Abdul Kalam
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Objectively good spaces to work rarely end up being so; in their faultlessness, quiet and well-equipped studios have a habit of rendering the fear of…
— Alain de Botton
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I did write a couple of original screenplays, but I'd rather write plays
— Beth Henley
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Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in…
— Hermann Ebbinghaus
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Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my…
— Moses Mendelssohn
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It is an absolutely vain endeavor to attempt to reconstruct or even comprehend the nature of a human being by simply knowing the forces which…
— Wilhelm von Humboldt
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Comprehensive, judicious, evenhanded, original. An Unfinished Life has the sober judgment and nuanced accuracy that make it ring true in all the controversial and tricky…
— Jack Newfield
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To justify an unorthodox life by writing about it is to re-inscribe the original violation, to re-violate masculine turf.
— Unknown Author
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Civil War was recorded by the original line-up
— Unknown Author
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Every living thing is an elaboration of a single original plan. As humans we are mere increments - each of us a musty archive of…
— Bill Bryson
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The Children's Health Insurance Program has given Democrats a wide-open door for socialized medicine. The door was left open by Republicans, who were in the…
— Jack Kingston
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The more complicated and restricted the method, the less opportunity for expression of one's original sense of freedom.
— Bruce Lee
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I start off with the obvious, that it makes no sense either to believe or to disbelieve in God until a substantial and intelligent definition…
— Kenny Smith
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I believe that almost all important, useful ideas are simple. Peter Whittle has recently put it nicely in an autobiographical essay. "If a piece of…
— Dennis Lindley
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I think I have an obligation, to the people who have consented to be in the film, to make a film that is fair to…
— Frederick Wiseman
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The only parts left of my original body are my elbows.
— Phyllis Diller
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Some say vegetarianism is an alternative diet, but it is the original diet, the plan designed by God.
— James Marcus
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There is no original truth, only original error.
— Gaston Bachelard
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Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we do so, however,…
— Eckhart Tolle
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I shall attempt to prove two things: first, that the actions and dispositions of mankind are the offspring of circumstances and events, and not of…
— William Godwin
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The BBC is very much in thrall to all this techno cross-fertilisation, in much the same way that print journalists are now encouraged to blog.…
— Unknown Author
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The original Greek word "idiotes" referred to people who might have had a high IQ, but were so self-involved that they focused exclusively on their…
— Jim Hightower
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Mind can never be intelligent - only no-mind is intelligent. Only no-mind is original and radical. Only no-mind is revolutionary - revolution in action. The…
— Rajneesh
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The way to get to the top of the heap in terms of developing original research is to be a fool, because only fools keep…
— Unknown Author
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The first and most important step in the process of becoming genuinely is to be once again authenticated by the original designer.
— Erwin McManus
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