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1861 Original quotes by 1452 unique authors

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was… — Stephenie Meyer
I am not an original thinker-but I am an original listener.) — Aravind Adiga
My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him… — Paul Thomas Anderson
I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which… — Dick Gephardt
When you are trying to impress people with words, the more you say, the more common you appear, and the less in control. Even if… — Robert Greene
I trust that a graduate student some day will write a doctoral essay on the influence of the Munich analogy on the subsequent history of… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
There is no one just like you, and there never will be anyone just like you, so there's no reason not to be original. — Sergei Bongart
Oswald Chambers writes, ‘Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.’ To… — Francis Chan
There, standing at the piano, was the original good time who had been had by all. — Kenneth Tynan
A life like an intricately woven basket, frayed, worn, broken, unraveled, reworked, reknit from many of its original pieces... Life can survive in the constant… — Diane Ackerman
Early fear was felt cellularly and was indeed real. Defensive postures were necessary, but defenses generalize cellularly in adulthood and do not expire. It takes… — David Richo
After the Volcker Fund collapsed, I got another grant from the Lilly Endowment to do a history of the U.S., which I worked on from… — Murray Rothbard
The proverbial notion of historical distance consists in our having lost ninety-five of every hundred original facts, so the remaining ones can be arranged however… — Robert Musil
A fully blossomed human potential is enlightenment. It is becoming a child again, and coming back to your original nature. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
There are not many original shapes or silhouettes -- only a million variations. — Charles James
An educational activity which aims to reveal meanings and relationships through the use of original objects, by firsthand experience, and by illustrative media, rather than… — Freeman Tilden
Snoop is a tour de force! It’s one of the smartest and most original books I’ve come across in a long time. I devoured it… — Richard Florida
Earth is the material with the most potential because it is the original source material. — Michael Heizer
With his new CD 'Tactiles' Liberty Ellman emerges as one of the most intriguing, albeit unorthodox, guitarists on the New York scene today. An album… — Bill Milkowski
I sailed on the North River last night with my flute, and my music was a tinkling stream which meandered with the river, and fell… — Henry David Thoreau
Whatever has not come under the sway of man is wild. In this sense original and independent men are wild - not tamed and broken… — Henry David Thoreau
The name Alaska is probably an abbreviation of Unalaska, derived from the original Aleut word agunalaksh, which means "the shores where the sea breaks its… — Corey Ford
...I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for… — Abraham Lincoln
The goal of Bible translation is be transparent to the original text - to see as clearly as possible what the biblical authors actually wrote. — Leland Ryken
Star Anna is an American original. She sings from a place of beauty that takes me to a higher place. — Mike McCready

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