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“You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?”
Bernadette Peters
“Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.”
Franz Kafka
“It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.”
Herman Melville
“The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.”
William Somerset Maugham
“One person seeks a midwife for his thoughts; the other, someone he can assist. Here is the origin of a good conversation.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.”
Marilyn Manson
“Originality is undetected plagiarism.”
W. R. Inge
“The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.”
Arthur Koestler
“He's a man of great common sense and good taste, meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage”
George Bernard Shaw
“Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.”
Anthony Storr
