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Yes. Otherwise I could have done a lot of Hollywood movies. After Crouching Tiger I got a lot of offers, but I turned them down… — Zhang Ziyi
Well, obviously I wanted it to sound as original as possible. I suppose the influences that we had were probably from the actual power point… — Roy Wood
Nick and Simon had come to a natural end of their working relationship with Warren, which obviously opened the door for a reunion of the… — Roger Taylor
The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent… — George Saintsbury
Many of the women who benefited from thyroid therapy provided added evidence that it was the thyroid which was responsible. There were the women who,… — Broda Otto Barnes
The pie should be eaten "while it is yet florescent, white or creamy yellow, with the merest drip of candied juice along the edges, (as… — Henry Ward Beecher
So the reason that the Bay of Pigs failed was that the original promise made by Eisenhower was not kept by the subsequent Administration. It… — E. Howard Hunt
I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end… — Frederic Chopin
REPLICA, n. A reproduction of a work of art, by the artist that made the original. It is so called to distinguish it from a… — Ambrose Bierce
Women of genius commonly have masculine faces, figures and manners. In transplanting brains to an alien soil God leaves a little of the original earth… — Ambrose Bierce
Don't hate the arising of thoughts or stop the thoughts that do arise. Simply realize that our original mind, right from the start, is beyond… — Bankei Yotaku
Difference of thoughts will produce difference of language. He that thinks with more extent than another, will want words of a larger meaning; he that… — Samuel Johnson
Whoever has an original thing to say, it is sort of a threat to the status quo. — Steve Lacy
No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny… — Tammy Bruce
The root of evil is in the illusion that we are bodies. This, if any, is the original sin. — Swami Vivekananda
...healing comes not from being loving but from being itself. It is not a case of being clear but of clear being. This healing is… — Stephen Levine
Who are we really? Combinations of common chemicals that perform mechanical actions for a few years before crumbling back into the original components? Fresh new… — Barbara Mertz
I did not realize at the time, as I have discovered since, that anyone who attempts any thing original in this world must expect a… — Mark Kurlansky
[T]hat is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. — Jacques Barzun
I would say seeing the original Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page at the old Fillmore was a pretty powerful influence on me. — Ronnie Montrose
...and the cries of the birds and the uproar of the monkeys became more and more remote, and the world became eternally sad. The men… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist… — George Orwell
MACE, n. A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent. — Ambrose Bierce
Create your own individual style. I'm not interested in the girl who walks into my office in a HEAD-to-TOE LABEL look that's straight off the… — Anna Wintour
On the analogy of 'Dictionary Johnson,' we call Fred R. Shapiro, editor of the just-published Yale Book of Quotations (well worth the $50 price), 'Quotationeer… — William Safire

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