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Originality

«Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.»
Author: Flaubert | About: Life, Order, Originality, Violence, Work | Keywords: orderly, regular, violent
«It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.»
«Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.»
«All good things which exist are the fruits of originality.»
«I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of what's already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people don't care about the difference, anyway! And what good is originality if you can't crank it out?»
«Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality»
«A man of great common sense and good taste is a man without originality or moral courage.»
«About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment.»
Author: Josh Billings (Humorist) | About: Originality | Keywords: honestly, originality, steal
«Insist upon yourself. Be original.»
«Do your work, but do your thing.»

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