#be original

In stand-up it really helps to play yourself and talk about your own feelings. You cannot fail to be original if you're just talking about what you think about X, Y and Z. Unless you've got a twin brother who's also a stand-up. ↗

— Eddie Izzard

#also #be original #brother #cannot #fail

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#art #be original #become #been #before

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. ↗

— Jana Novotna

#another #anybody #be original #because #better

By definition a sequel can't be original. So you've got to figure out what worked the first time around. ↗

— Barry Sonnenfeld

#be original #definition #figure #first #first time

But to me, to be original is to be yourself. ↗

— Marc Newson

#be yourself #me #original #yourself

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#be original #copy #only #order #original

If you want to be original just try being yourself, because God has never made two people exactly alike. ↗

— Bernard Meltzer

#be original #because #being #being yourself #exactly

When the whole point of Queen was to be original. ↗

— Freddie Mercury

#original #point #queen #whole

If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you. ↗

— Marc Newson

#be yourself #because #just #just be #just be yourself

You've gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for? ↗

— Bernadette Peters

#because #else #gotta #like #need