“Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a type of person, not yet admitted to the general literate consciousness.” IfsPersonsExistenceConsciousnessNovelSuccessfulTypeAreasOriginalsReports Book:The Golden Notebook Source: The Golden Notebook
“Don't attempt to reform man. An adequately organized environment will permit humanity's original, innate capabilities to become successful.” MenWisdomHumanityPoliticsEconomySuccessfulEnvironmentOriginalsReformOrganizedLiberalismPermitCapabilityInnateBecoming Successful Author:R. Buckminster Fuller
“When reputable scientists correct flaws in an experiment that produced fantastic results, then fail to get those results when they repeat the test with flaws corrected, they withdraw their original claims. They do not defend them by arguing irrelevantly that the failed replication was successful in some other way, or by making intemperate attacks on whomever dares to criticize their competence.” WayResultsSuccessfulFailingAtheismTestsScientistClaimsOriginalsDarePositive AtheismArguingExperimentsFantasticRepeatsFlawsCriticizeCompetenceReplication Author:Martin Gardner
“No matter how successful the remake is, it seems to me it's forgotten quickly after and it's the original that still lives on.” StillsMatterSeemsSuccessfulOriginalsForgottenRemakesStill Life Author:Rob Zombie
“That our government should have been maintained in its original form from its establishment until now, is not much to be wondered at. It had many props to support it through that period, which now are decayed, and crumbled away. Through that period, it was felt by all, to be an undecided experiment; now, it is understood to be a successful one.” ShouldHas BeensGovernmentFormFeltSupportSuccessfulPeriodsUnderstoodShould HaveOriginalsExperimentsEstablishmentShould Have BeenPropsUndecided Book:The Portable Abraham Lincoln Source: The Portable Abraham Lincoln
“For almost 100 years, The Walt Disney Company has had a variety of leaders. Even though it has been hard for some of these leaders to maintain their focus, the Company has been successful in remaining true to Walt's original direction to create the finest in family entertainment.” YearsHas BeensHardCompanyLeaderSuccessfulFocusOriginalsEntertainmentVarietyFinestWaltDisney CompanyWalt Disney Company Author:Bill Capodagli
“One of the biggest obstacles I've overcome in my life was thinking I didn't deserve to be successful. Artistically I'm not as much of a heavyweight as someone like Paul Simon or Joni Mitchell, because I'm not a creator of original music, and I worried about that for years.” ThinkingYearsSuccessfulDeserveOvercomingOriginalsCreatorObstaclesWorriedBeing SuccessfulHeavyweightsBiggest ObstaclesOriginal Music Author:Bonnie Raitt
“I find that the very things that I get criticized for, which is usually being different and just doing my own thing and just being original, is the very thing that's making me successful.” DifferentMy OwnSuccessfulOriginalsJust BeingBeing DifferentBeing Original Author:Shania Twain
“My notion of a failed writing workshop is when everybody comes out replicating the teacher and imitating as closely as possible the great original at the head of the table. I think that's a mistake, in obvious opposition to the ideal of teaching which permits a student to be someone other than the teacher. ... The successful teacher has to make each of the students a different product rather than the same.” ThinkingWritingDifferentMistakeSuccessfulTeacherTeachingStudentsProductsIdealsOriginalsTablesNotionObviousOppositionPermitWorkshopsImitatingWriting Workshop Author:Nicholas Delbanco
“But having had your bright, fresh, original idea, the really hard part is turning it into a successful product. That's what takes all the sweat.” IdeasHardEffortSuccessfulProductsOriginalsSweatOriginal Ideas Author:Trevor Baylis