"Originality is... a by-product of sincerity." — Marianne Moore

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• I stay true to myself and my style, and I am always pushing myself to be aware of that and… — Aaliyah
• Originality is the essence of true scholarship. Creativity is the soul of the true scholar. — Nnamdi Azikiwe
• Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about. — Wystan Hugh Auden
• Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of… — Ansel Adams
• Nearly all our originality comes from the stamp that time impresses upon our sensibility. — Charles Baudelaire
• The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. — Simone de Beauvoir
• About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. — Josh Billings
• Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. — Aesop
• U2 is an original species... there are colours and feelings and emotional terrain that we occupy that is ours and… — Bono
• The original is unfaithful to the translation. — Jorge Luis Borges
• The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. — Thomas Carlyle
• Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. — Thomas Carlyle

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