“The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.” PeopleTryingProblemLike YouUniqueOriginalsCopiesEmulateLike Yourself Author:Walt Disney
“If you write an original, its like you went in and dug a well, and you hit oil. But an adaptation, its like the oil wells on fire, and they bring you in to put the fire out and get it working again - or something like that.” IfsWritingWellsFireLike YouOriginalsOilAdaptation Author:Brian Helgeland
“My advice to female directors is not to wait until you feel like your ideas have been pre-certified or until you think you've gotten some approval for them. Then it's too late! Follow your gut. That's hard to do, but the only way to be original.” ThinkingWayFeelsHas BeensIdeasHardWaitingAdviceLike YouDirectorsLateFemaleOriginalsGutsToo LateApproval Author:Abigail Disney
“There is something really so iconic about the original Predator, and it is exciting. It's not just special effects. It's not like you bring a puppet in, these are characters and so we were involved in developing the look and the attitude of all the characters.” LooksCharacterAttitudeSpecialEffectsLike YouInvolvedExcitingOriginalsDevelopingPuppetsPredatorIconicSpecial Effects Author:Gregory Nicotero
“If you can just be yourself, then you have to be original because there's no one like you.” IfsLike YouOriginalsBeing YourselfJust Be Yourself Author:Marc Newson
“I think because we're ourselves, we tend to think we're unique. 'I have problems that are just specific to me.' Then you connect with one of your parents and you realize, 'Oh yeah, we had all that stuff, too.' You're not that original. I mean, in a good way, because it makes you feel like you're connected and a part of the world and not an island.” ThinkingWorldWayFeelsMeanProblemStuffParentRealizingLike YouUniqueOriginalsYeahConnectedIslandsGood Way Author:Chris Hardwick
“...there is a celebrated aphorism insisting that the best way to live is to 'work like you don't need the money, dance like nobody is watching, and love like you've never been hurt.'...After years of hearing and reading these lines I have decided to tell the truth: the original version is wrong. There is a grave error in the wording of this adage. The correct version should go as follows: Love like you don't need the money, Work like nobody is watching, Dance like you've never been hurt. See? Doesn't that make more sense?” WayNeedsShouldYearsReadingHurtLinesLike YouDecidedAnd LoveOriginalsErrorsHearingGravesBest WayVersionsTelling The TruthAphorismAdagesWay To LiveInsistingBeen HurtWording Author:Gina Barreca
“Tell me I'm a sinner I got news for you I spoke to God this morning and he don't like you! Don't you try and teach me no original sin; I don't need your pity for the shape I'm in” NeedsTryingSinTeachMorningLike YouShapesNewsOriginalsPitySinnerSpokesOriginal Sin Author:Ozzy Osbourne
“This is the thing they don't tell you about being a third wheel - it's not like you're the wheel that's added on. You were one of the original two wheels, but suddenly you're not so important anymore. The relationship drives fine without you.” TwoImportantLike YouFineThirdsOriginalsWheelsWithout YouTwo Wheels Author:David Levithan