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I was proud to be an original cosponsor of the Violence Against Women Act when Congress passed it in 1994, and was proud to support… — Carolyn Maloney
I love Mikhail Bulgakov. He is very original and takes the story to unexpected places. I didn't realise political writing could be so funny. — Denise Mina
I created a show called 'Crash' for Starz, which was their first original drama, and that was not a good experience. I had a great… — Glen Mazzara
People are looking for original content in many different places, as are advertisers. This takes us into a whole new ballgame. — Jeff Zucker
I came back to my original wife. I came back to her after I made a few boo-boos in my life. Coming back to her… — Jean-Claude Van Damme
Just as gold tarnished in depth (cf. Jms. 5:3) cannot be properly purified and restored to its proper brightness unless it is cast in the… — Symeon the New Theologian
He called for military supremacy, no welfare and cultural rebirth. It was a nice speech, but it sounded a lot better in its original German. — Argus Hamilton
As far as the surface is concerned - oil on canvas, conventionally applied - my pictures have little to do with the original photograph. They… — Gerhard Richter
I began in 1976, with small abstract paintings that allowed me to do what I had never let myself do: put something down at random.… — Gerhard Richter
All the species recognized by Botanists came forth from the Almighty Creator's hand, and the number of these is now and always will be exactly… — Carl Linnaeus
The original concept of rock and roll... was supposed to be this young angst with mistakes and all. Four or five guys get together, get… — Peter Frampton
The separation of church and state is extremely important to any of us who holds to the original traditions of our nation. . . .… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of… — Anton Chekhov
I try to construct a picture in which shapes, spaces, colors, form a set of unique relationships, independent of any subject matter. At the same… — Milton Avery
You can imagine a soul as being a detailed, elaborate pattern that exists very clearly in one brain. When a person dies, the original is… — Douglas Hofstadter
It is not enough that one surrenders oneself. Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being. Do not delude yourself… — Ramana Maharshi
Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the… — Robert Gordis
War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition. — Elihu Root
The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while… — Elihu Root
There is no original sin. It's all been done before. — Louis Dudek
...it is in the nature of original contemporary art to present itself as a bad risk. And we the public...should be proud of being in… — Leo Steinberg
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely thrust… — Terry Eagleton
Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult. — David Cronenberg
I think the purveyors of e-books are only too happy for this atmosphere of 'everything belongs to everybody' to increase because it means they don't… — Graham Swift
All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,'… — Carl Bernstein

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