#origin

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#deep #ending #final #had #helm

Once we got over the origin story, we could really delve deeper into their lives and characters and angst. So this movie actually has more heart, more humor. ↗

— Avi Arad

#angst #characters #could #deeper #delve

Jesus did not spend a great deal of time discoursing about the trinity or original sin or the incarnation, which have preoccupied later Christians. He went around doing good and being compassionate. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#around #being #christians #compassionate #deal

Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem. ↗

— Karen Armstrong

#allowed #became #because #charter #conflict

My first band, Kid Wicked, we did half covers and half originals. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#covers #did #first #half #kid

An institution or reform movement that is not selfish, must originate in the recognition of some evil that is adding to the sum of human suffering, or diminishing the sum of happiness. ↗

— Clara Barton

#diminishing #evil #happiness #human #human suffering

What was previously perceived as nerdy is now viewed as original. What I like about nerdiness, geekiness, is it doesn't really matter what you're into - it just means you're not a follower. ↗

— Kristen Bell

#follower #i #into #just #like

We shall be forced to attempt planned and directed research employing hundreds of workers for many years, and this cannot be done without risking the loss of independence and originality. This is a serious and fundamental obstacle but it may be overcome in two ways. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

#cannot #directed #done #employing #forced

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

#novelty #originality #sincerity

I'm the original take-orders girl. ↗

— Judy Garland

#i #original