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Originality Quotes
"Originality is undetected plagiarism."
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"Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of."
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"Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague."
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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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"Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism."
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"No one can be profoundly original who does not avoid eccentricity."
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"I just wanted to play tennis. I started because I wanted to pick up another sport and then as I was slowly getting better I wanted to see how far I can go but I always wanted to be myself. I wanted to be original. I didn't want to copy anybody's style."
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"The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels."
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"Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with."
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"People who copy you will always be one step behind."
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"All good things which exist are the fruits of originality."
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"Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar."
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"Originals cost more than imitations."
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"There is nothing higher-class than real craftsmanship, diversity, originality and the service of skilled human hands."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Because of this, originality consists in returning to the origin."
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"No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted."
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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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"Originality consists in trying to be like everybody else and failing."
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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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"The most important trait of a writer is an authentic voice. Writers have to have faith in their own voice, and their own way of doing things. Originality is the gem that every writer possesses. Originality also brings on the most merciless attacks. The world resents originality in the beginning writer, and then rewards it abundantly once that writer has been successfully published. Cherish your own voice. Don't try to sound like anybody else. Sound like yourself and take the slings and arrows and keep going."
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"None of my art is based on how others think i should have done it."
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"Ours was not going to be a clone of the usual expeditions, oozing with sleekness. It was clear from the start that oddity was our advantage."
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"It is difficult to describe paths of thought where there are already many paths laid down, and not fall into one of the grooves."
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"Nature they say doth dote And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote."
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"I give no sources, because it is indifferent to mewhether what I have thought has already beenthought before me by another."
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"But you possess one quality that no one else does. Oh? Your identity. Your history, deeds and situation. Use those to shape your creation and you will produce something unique. Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others."
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"She was strangely unaware that she could look and see freshly for herself, as she wrote, without primary regard for what had been said before."
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