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Always think that in any area of the arts, you get maybe ten percent of people who are creative, original... and the rest are generally… — Hugh Hopper
We've seen some insane signs: 'Is that a loaf of bread in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?' Funny stuff along… — Josh Hutcherson
The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude. — Aldous Huxley
That is why, according to this newer psychology, Christianity has already fulfilled its biological mission, and it is impossible for the modern man to understand… — Muhammad Iqbal
In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about… — Eddie Izzard
I started out as an opportunistic renegade. By now, I've lasted long enough to become sort of an American Original Respectable Renegade. — Wolfman Jack
It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them. — Etta James
It is conventional to call 'monster' any blending of dissonant elements. I call 'monster' every original inexhaustible beauty. — Alfred Jarry
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. — Samuel Johnson
Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get… — Steve Jobs
It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize… — Bobby Jones
I am the original Material Girl. — Eartha Kitt
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. — Arthur Koestler
The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original.… — Dean Koontz
I mean, there are only so many notes. What makes something original is how you put it together. — Lenny Kravitz
The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that 'Lincoln' is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous… — Tony Kushner
All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original. — Aung San Suu Kyi
I'm 60, and I did 60-year-old women songs. I'm not trying to be the Hip-Hop Queen, although I am the original Hip Hop Queen. — Patti LaBelle
I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do… — Neil LaBute
Sometimes you have the trends that's not that cool. You may have certain artists portraying these trends and don't really have that lifestyle, and then… — Kendrick Lamar
'Dance to the Music' was just Sly Stone being his natural crazy self right from the beginning. The man was an original and his first… — Jon Landau
If we allow our self-congratulatory adoration of technology to distract us from our own contact with each other, then somehow the original agenda has been… — Jaron Lanier
Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met. — Fran Lebowitz
I am Evanescence. I am the only original member. I have basically hired the band. Evanescence has become me. It is mine and it's exactly… — Amy Lee
The original idea of the web was that it should be a collaborative space where you can communicate through sharing information. — Tim Berners-Lee

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