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A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.


Dorothy L. Sayers


#quotations #thought #originality

Long dismissed as children's stories or 'myths' by Westerners, Australian Aboriginal stories have only recently begun to be taken seriously for what they are: the longest continuous record of historic events and spirituality in the world.


Karl-Erik Sveiby


#environment #non-fiction #historical-fiction

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.


John Acton


#greek #moves #nature #nothing #origin

I turned to music originally because of my past and needing a release or an outlet to get out anger or frustration or hurt.


Christina Aguilera


#because #frustration #get #hurt #i

All that is true, by whomsoever it has been said has its origin in the Spirit.


Thomas Aquinas


#origin #said #spirit #true

I find the selectivity of erotic love - the choice of this man or this woman - much more intelligible if liking the person is the origin of sexual interest, rather than the other way.


Mortimer Adler


#find #i #intelligible #interest #liking

But you know, as you say, the original versions of my films are getting out there, slowly.


Dario Argento


#getting #know #original #out #say

No, it's interesting to remake a film for the contemporary audience today. I think it's a good idea; it needs to respect the original idea. Don't just take the title and change everything else.


Dario Argento


#change #contemporary #else #everything #film

The duration of passion is proportionate with the original resistance of the woman.


Honore de Balzac


#original #passion #proportionate #resistance #woman

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.


W. H. Auden


#aim #always #authenticity #bother #confuse






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