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1861 Original quotes by 1452 unique authors

The odd thing in this world is that an eager-beaver type, with no original ideas, who mimes those in authority above him right to the… — Philip K. Dick
Days to come stand in front of us like a row of lighted candles— golden, warm, and vivid candles. Days gone by fall behind us,… — Constantine Peter Cavafy
As ever, the original inhabitants of Turtle Island are entirely overlooked. Mysteriously, the only time indigenous people are guaranteed a mainstream Amerikkan mention is on… — Inga Muscio
In that instant they felt an overwhelming sense of pride and accomplishment. Though they had failed dismally even to come close to the expedition's original… — Alfred Lansing
The most necessary task of civilization is to teach people how to think. It should be the primary purpose of our public schools. The mind… — Thomas A. Edison
A poor original is better than a good imitation. — Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some invisible influence, like an inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness; this power arises from… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I can't build a simple shelf. I have no idea how to change an oil filter on a car. I can't even stick a stamp… — Haruki Murakami
The language of sin was universal, the original Esperanto. — Joe Hill
Once a little boy sent me a charming card with a little drawing on it. I loved it. I answer all my children’s letters —… — Maurice Sendak
I don’t understand all the nuances of the women’s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge the dominant paradigm,… — Winona LaDuke
The small are always dependent on the great; they are "small" precisely because they think they are independent. The great thinker is one who can… — Martin Heidegger
I don’t really want to become normal, average, standard. I want merely to gain in strength, in the courage to live out my life more… — Anais Nin
Justice based purely on laws is about as accurate as a portrait created out of large low-resolution color pixels. If you stand back far enough… — Vera Nazarian
Every life I start with her, my original sin. I know myself through her. — Ann Brashares
The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George...Patriotism is more closely linked to dissent… — Ron Paul
One Original Thought is worth 1000 Meaningless Quotes. — Banksy
Original sin is not only the violation of a positive command … but … attempts … to abolish fatherhood, destroying its rays which permeate the… — Pope John Paul II
I doubt you’ve ever been forced to nonstop bang a woman hyped up on the undead voodoo version of Spanish fly, have you?” His chuckle… — Jeaniene Frost
Human beings can't see anything without wanting to destroy it. That's original sin. And I'm going to destroy it. Death is going to die. — Philip Pullman
What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this… — Arthur Schopenhauer
There is a yearning that is as spiritual as it is sensual. Even when it degenerates into addiction, there is something salvageable from the original… — Mark Epstein
To live (as I understand it) is to exist within a conception of time. But to remember is to vacate the very notion of time.… — David Mazzucchelli
There are a great many sins in this world, none of them original. — Richard Russo
We read, frequently if not unknowingly, in search of a mind more original than our own. — Harold Bloom

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