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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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"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 usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar."
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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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"When I was coming up, we weren't trying to get a hit or get paid, we were just trying to do our thing. The only thing we were really trying to do was to be recognized for our originality."
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"Admirations are never paid in any way, try to make yourself of what you admire, and it will pay you with originality."
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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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"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"When you are convinced that what you offer is yours, whether it be mediocre or of standard quality, your originality will make people love you in a way you did not expect."
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"No man was ever great by imitation."
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"True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation."
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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."
Originality
"A man is known by the company his mind keeps."
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"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
"The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born."
Man
"Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades."
Civilization
"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
"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 ocean moans over dead men's bones."
Man
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