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Persecution is not an original feature in any religion; but it is always the strongly marked feature of all religions established by law.

I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way.

Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.

My own perception is that there are two tiers of countries, one, the original ASEAN, and then the new members. The new members are in various stages of development.

We were tremendously encouraged by the testing of Analyze That. Audiences loved it. They were telling us that they liked it as much as the original. We recorded the laughs in the theater.

Ideas do not need to be esoteric to be original or exciting.

I'm the original.

Inherit the Wind is a wonderful play, and I was in the original with Paul Muni.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

I was told I had an overabundance of original sin.

We would have to invent the U.N. if we did not have it, which is not an original thought.

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.

But the Go-Go's are a very original, kind of organic thing.

The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'

My original concept was to provide a free encyclopedia for every single person in the world.

I was an original member of the Actors' Studio.

Hockey is the original extreme sport.

My fans are like no other. Completely original people.

I did a 'Children of the Corn' remake for Sci Fi Channel. I play the Peter Horton role from the original, and Candace McClure from 'Battlestar Galactica' is my Linda Hamilton.

I don't want ever to be guilty of what my critics claim: doing formula without original elements.

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

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.

You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.

We idolized the Beatles, except for those of us who idolized the Rolling Stones, who in those days still had many of their original teeth.

Nothing beats the original Krispy Kreme.

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.

The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.

We have a documentary film festival in Mexico. It's really original. It's called Ambulante, and it's a film festival that travels around several cities in Mexico.

I think original voices get noticed. But most importantly, I think you should have a story to tell.

When hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world went to the Yukon to look for gold, the original prospectors had already claimed most of it.

What gets me excited is the original principle.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

I am what is mine. Personality is the original personal property.

It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity only among them.

My original idea was to produce and not make records myself.

There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

Country music is completely punk-rock. It's the original punk-rock.

Mysticism, poor mysticism! When it is underestimated and oversimplified, it comes down from its original sphere and stands beside religion.

I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.

The other exception where we did not at all restore the place to its original condition is the Surrounded Islands. Before we installed our fabric, we had our workers remove 42 tons of garbage off the beaches of those islands. We never brought the garbage back.

An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.

Saturn Return is just the return of your planets to their original position.

There's no such thing as an original sin.

So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad.

Re-writing is different from writing. Original writing is very difficult.

Bjork is a very original, interesting person. I like her very much.

If you, like, consciously think about being cool, you're not cool. If you consciously think about being, like, different or original, you ain't different or original.

Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.

I had no expectation that the Prince would offer me the unprecedented and unfettered access to the original and entirely untapped sources on which this biography is based.

When we discover that the truth is already in us, we are all at once our original selves.

My original opinion still stands. I don't think he should have put it out.

With NOAH, you can create some stunning, yet original soundscapes. Therefore, as a performance tool, it really comes into its own because you can make one single performance which has a lot of detail.

There is more to folklore research than fieldwork. This is why in all of my other upper-division courses I require a term paper involving original research.

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

The original Mickey Mouse Club, established in the '30s, was designed to attract children to movie theaters.

I think the original Matrix was really incredible. It was so original and it did so many innovative things with film. It was a much bigger film. Bound was just a smaller film. It was kind of like an old noir film.

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.

Once the fired stone is out of the kiln, it is still possible to mentally reconstruct it in its original form.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

I am outraged that the Gorillaz have infringed the copyright of my song 'Time Warp,' claiming their song 'Stylo' to be an original composition.

The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.

Don't shift because fashion has shifted. Don't move from the original ethic you had, the original reasons. They're part and parcel of you.

There is no original sin. You don't have to pay repentance to anything or anybody.

There are no original ideas. There are only original people.

I was cut off from the world. There was no one to confuse or torment me, and I was forced to become original.

There was no one near to confuse me, so I was forced to become original.

Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.

I have begun to think of life as a series of ripples widening out from an original center.

Hey, every once in awhile the secondary form works better than the original but it's certainly a rarity.

The print on canvas is the closest to the original work. I personally sign them as well.

At the lowest cognitive level, they are processes of experiencing, or, to speak more generally, processes of intuiting that grasp the object in the original.

I have a theory that the only original things we ever do are mistakes.

Brian came back in on the road and Al stayed, but Al's the original member of the group.

I really dig The Byrds. I think they are the most underrated - in their original form - pop group.