#originality

The writer of originality, unless dead, is always shocking, scandalous; novelty disturbs and repels. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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

— Edith Wharton

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Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with. ↗

— Thomas Carlyle

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A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great originality. ↗

— Yann Martel

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The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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I love romantic comedies. I like to watch them and I like to be in them. It's something that's increasingly difficult to find that spark of originality that makes if different than the ones that come before. ↗

— Julia Roberts

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Originality is the art of concealing your source. ↗

— Franklin P. Jones

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A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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He's a man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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