#original

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another. ↗

— Voltaire

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I was an original member of the Actors' Studio. ↗

— Eli Wallach

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All love is original, no matter how many other people have loved before. ↗

— George Weinberg

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Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar. ↗

— Tina Weymouth

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They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original. ↗

— Billy Wilder

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I've got nothing very original to say myself. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

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For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else. ↗

— August Wilson

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With twelve horse power at our command, we considered that we could permit the weight of the machine with operator to rise to 750 or 800 pounds, and still have as much surplus power as we had originally allowed for in the first estimate of 550 pounds. ↗

— Orville Wright

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