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"No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original."
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"Originality is really important."
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"Be different. Be original. Nobody will remember a specific flower in a garden filled with thousands of the same yellow flower, but they will remember the one that managed to change its color to purple."
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"You walk like others? You talk like others? You think like others? Then the world doesn't need you because others are already abundant in the world! Be original!"
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"Originals cost more than imitations."
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"Everyone is looking for the sure thing. They are looking to hedge their bet. They think the way to do that is to go with a proven quantity, a remake of something you have already seen. That is their mindset."
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"What is originality? Undetected plagiarism."
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"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
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"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels."
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"Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague."
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"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."
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Explore more quotes by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
"Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades."
Civilization
"Books that have become classics - books that have had their day and now get more praise than perusal - always remind me of retired colonels and majors and captains who, having reached the age limit, find themselves retired on half pay."
Age
"The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born."
Man
"A man is known by the company his mind keeps."
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"No bird has ever uttered note That was not in some first bird's throat; Since Eden's freshness and man's fall No rose has been original."
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"True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation."
Art
"The ocean moans over dead men's bones."
Man
"There must be such a thing as a child with average ability, but you can't find a parent who will admit that it is his child."
Ability
"I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings."
Imagination
"To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent - that is to triumph over old age."
Age
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