#original

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

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

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. ↗

— Josh Billings

#achieve #any #good #good judgment #honestly

The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#difficult #difficult task #himself #his #like

If there are similarities, it's simply because the same thoughts that occurred to other people also occurred to me. I'd be astonished if anyone could come up with any truly original powers that were at all interesting any more. ↗

— Brad Bird

#any #anyone #astonished #because #come

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#days #early #fast #finger #guitar

What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it? ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#album #change #good #original #point

I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel? ↗

— Don Bluth

#cannot #claim #enthusiasm #explain #i