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Rory: "People are being serious." Jazza: "There's a serial killer out there. Of course people are being serious." Rory: "Yeah, but what are the chances?"… — Maureen Johnson
The average man never really thinks from end to end of his life. The mental activity of such people is only a mouthing of cliches.… — H. L. Mencken
If the fall of man consists in the separation of god and the devil the serpent must have appeared out of the middle of the… — Diane Arbus
We compromise ourselves the day we are born. If we are looking for the original sin, there it is- our incapacity to live honestly with… — F. Sionil JosÃ©
The creative process requires more than reason. Most original thinking isn't even verbal. It requires 'a groping experimentation with ideas, governed by intuitive hunches and… — David Ogilvy
There is some comfort in killing that which has hurt you, but it is cold comfort. It'll destroy things inside of you that the original… — Laurell K. Hamilton
Give up on trying to be original. Every song has been sung, every picture has been painted, and every story has been told. The best… — Evan Mandery
Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each work… — Maurice Blanchot
I had hardly expected so dolichocephalic a skull or such well-marked supra-orbital development. Would you have any objection to my running my finger along your… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Come with me," Reyn said. "I want to show you something." Frankly, I had expected something more original. "Really?" I asked, "That's it? That's what… — Cate Tiernan
Fellow-Christians, do let us study the Bible portrait of the humble man. And let us ask our brethren, and ask the world, whether they recognize… — Andrew Murray
I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it — Cormac McCarthy
Individuality, family, and community are, by definition, expressions of singular organization, never of "one-right-way" thinking on the grand scale. Children and families need some relief… — John Taylor Gatto
To a commonplace man of limited intellect, for instance, nothing is simpler than to imagine himself an original character, and to revel in that belief… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
No one really starts anything new, Mrs. Nemur. Everyone builds on other men's failures. There is nothing really original in science. What each man contributes… — Daniel Keyes
You tried to slide his original curse back onto him?” Al said in wonder. “At the restaurant? And I stopped you? Sweet mother pus bucket!”… — Kim Harrison
I must continue to follow the path I take now. If I do nothing, if I study nothing, if I cease searching, then, woe is… — Vincent Van Gogh
Our songs travel the earth. We sing to one another. Not a single note is ever lost and no song is original. They all come… — Louise Erdrich
My grandmother thinks it's really funny to put all sorts of things in our - my lunch. I never know what'll be inside: e.e. cummings,… — Jandy Nelson
Where do you come up with these zingers, Clint? Do you own some kind of joke factory in Indonesia where you've got eight-year-olds working ninety… — John Green
Now, I know from experience that the trouble with one lie is that it usually takes more lies to cover it up. And if you… — Wendelin Van Draanen
What took you so long?” Will asked when Evie came panting into the room. He and Jericho had assembled a stack of books, which they… — Libba Bray
Really, Gin, did you have to ruin my suit?” he said. “This was a Fiona Fine original. — Jennifer Estep
Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time will become. — John O'Donohue
Insist upon yourself. Be original. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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