“Japan's very interesting. Some people think it copies things. I don't think that anymore. I think what they do is reinvent things. They will get something that's already been invented and study it until they thoroughly understand it. In some cases, they understand it better than the original inventor.” PeopleThinkingInterestingCasesStudyOriginalsJapanCopiesVery InterestingInventor Author:Steve Jobs
“I felt a particular attachment, naturally, to the Superman character and really dug deep, but at the same time, I am a passionate fan, be it Star Wars, be it the entire Marvel catalog, be it the DC catalog, or the original thinking at Pixar. I'm a fan first, so I'm always curious to see the way people express themselves and how it's being done.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsWarDoneCharacterStarsFeltFansParticularOriginalsPassionateCuriousAttachmentBeing DonePixar Author:Joseph McGinty Nichol
“There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone else, and if there's an idea, there's probably never been an original idea in football.” IfsThinkingIdeasGamesFootballOriginalsProfessionCoachesOriginal Ideas Author:Chip Kelly
“I think that technology is much more mysterious to the people using it than, say, the automobile was. This isn't an original observation, but a lot of the smart devices people rely on now really do feel like magic to a lot of us.” PeopleThinkingFeelsTechnologyMagicSmartOriginalsMysteriousObservationRelyDevicesAutomobile Author:Charlie Jane Anders
“A book is not only written - after it's finished it starts writing you, the writer. You become its notebook, its sheet of paper on which it forces you to think and rethink your original ideas, your topics, your research, actually everything.” ThinkingWritingBookIdeasForceWrittenPaperResearchOriginalsFinishedTopicsSheetsNotebookOriginal Ideas Author:Sasa Stanisic
“My original idea- and I still want to do it -for Pinko Records, would be to create a platform for other artists to do the same thing I did. They could create their own levels of donation and final goal. I have no idea how I would make any money on that -but I don't think like that.” ThinkingWantStillsIdeasWould BeArtistGoalLevelsRecordsOriginalsFinalsNo IdeaPlatformsDonationOriginal Ideas Author:Jill Sobule
“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.” ThinkingPersonsImportantGuyHappenedBecomingOriginalsImportant ThingsMeetingsCastsCablesBrooks Author:Owen Wilson
“I think somebody like Wes [Anderson] has a very good sense of style and is original. I think my sense of style got a little bit better after I was exposed to you guys at Valentino. Because I'm just in Hawaii and Malibu; it's just kind of T-shirts and surfing-type stuff.” ThinkingKindLittlesGuyStuffBitsStyleTypeLittle BitOriginalsVery GoodShirtsExposedHawaiiT ShirtSurfingGood SenseMalibuValentino Author:Owen Wilson
“The Pink Panther is legendary, but a lot of people my age haven't ever seen the original. So, I think it's great to bring it back for my generation, and to expose them to where that theme song which still sounds so modern and that legendary image of a pink cat came from. It's great to be a part of that, because it's history.” PeopleThinkingStillsAgeSongSoundGenerationsModernHavensCatOriginalsThemeMy GenerationLegendaryPanthersPink Panther Author:Beyonce Knowles
“I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction.” ThinkingWarStarsFictionOriginalsScience FictionIntentionArtisticEpic Author:William Monahan
“I think that the reason you keep hearing that it's the golden age of TV is because original storytelling is happening all the time in that medium, and people are hungry for it. And I'm as guilty as anyone for being part of an industry that is capitalizing on existing stories, sequels, these things that we are seeing again and again and again.” PeopleThinkingReasonStoriesAgeSeeingTvsIndustryHappeningsOriginalsHearingHungryStorytellingGoldenMediumsGuiltyAgain And AgainSequelsGolden Age Author:J. J. Abrams
“I do think that at a certain point, the reboot sequel mode has to give way to original ideas and back to a place where, you know, films are, you know, a medium and the cinema is a place you go to see something that is, you know, wholly new.” ThinkingKnowsWayGivingIdeasFilmCertainOriginalsMediumsCinemaSequelsOriginal IdeasPlaces You Go Author:J. J. Abrams
“"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day," which I actually recorded on "Quality Street" because I don't think anyone has ever covered it before. You hear it every single Christmas, and it is a great record. That's by Wizzard. It is a really great record, but I don't think anyone's ever covered it before, so I had to go it doing it differently. It's quite different from how the original goes.” ThinkingDifferentWishQualityRecordsStreetsOriginalsCoveredReally GreatChristmas Eve Author:Nick Lowe
“With the exception of Megadeth, I can't imagine any band we were hesitant about touring with. I mean we liked the original Megadeth, but I can't think of any band we toured with we weren't psyched about.” ThinkingMeanI CanImagineBandOriginalsExceptionTouringHesitantMegadeth Author:Reed Mullin
“But strangely, [in] the original Matt Helm books, he's just this super hardass assassin. They sort of made it into a sexy romp for the movies. The books are very, very dark. I also watched 'OSS 117: Cairo, Nest Of Spies,' which is a French film. They just made a second one, I think, which is based on like, 100 novels. They're just fantastic. They're set in the '60s. A lot of the visual inspiration definitely came from 1960 James Bond movies and 'OSS 177' and also 'Pink Panther' movies.” ThinkingMadeBookInspirationFilmDarkNovelOriginalsSexyMade ItFantasticVisualsSpy1960sNestsAssassinsPanthersHelmCairoBond MovieJames Bond MoviePink Panther Author:Adam Reed
“I've always been making original music. I think that when I sat down with Losing Focus, I approached it different. I had a clearer understanding of who I was talking to, because I was able to go out and tour and see them right in front of me. I wanted to speak to them and speak about this lifestyle.” ThinkingDifferentAbleWantedSpeakUnderstandingTalkingFocusFrontsLosingOriginalsLifestyleSatOriginal MusicLosing Focus Author:Young De
“I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original songs come out better.” ThinkingIdeasSongFiveOriginalsGlad Author:Britta Phillips
“Back then, when I had that original idea to write about the seventeenth century, the whole thing was set in 1666. I was thinking of Margaret near the end of her life, and that was the voice I heard for her.” ThinkingWritingIdeasEndsWholeVoiceHeardCenturyOriginalsOriginal Ideas Author:Danielle Dutton
“People have the "ships" that they love, and I think they love the show's ["Pretty Little Liars"] original relationship the most.” PeopleThinkingShowsOriginalsShips Author:Lucy Hale
“I think of translations as passing some scholarly smell test: you can read the words of the translation and be reasonably sure of what the words are in the original.” ThinkingTestsOriginalsSmellPassingPassingsTranslationsScholarly Author:Christian Wiman
“I don't think that someone who does not speak the original language can ever expect to produce a real translation.” ThinkingDoeRealSpeakLanguageProduceOriginalsTranslations Author:Christian Wiman
“The most devastating thing though that biology did to Christianity was the discovery of biological evolution. Now that we know that Adam and Eve never were real people the central myth of Christianity is destroyed. If there never was an Adam and Eve there never was an original sin. If there never was an original sin there is no need of salvation. If there is no need of salvation there is no need of a Savior. And I submit that puts Jesus, historical or otherwise, into the ranks of the unemployed. I think that evolution is absolutely the death knell of Christianity.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsNeedsRealJesusSinChristianityEvolutionDiscoveryOriginalsSalvationHistoricalMythDestroyedBiologySaviorAdamSubmitUnemployedAdam And EveOriginal SinBiological Evolution Author:Frank Zindler
“I do think that theater is a great venue for science fiction, and not just adaptations but also original work. I also think some of the greatest classics of theater have elements of SF, but in theater, as in publishing, sometimes people make arbitrary distinctions.” PeopleThinkingSometimesFictionElementsTheaterOriginalsScience FictionDistinctionPublishingAdaptationArbitraryVenues Author:Edward Einhorn
“You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy of the judicial decision-making process to have mudslinging by judges, but the way that we hobble people of enormous integrity from defending themselves is, I think, deeply problematic in states where you have an elected judiciary, or a judge is subject to recall.” PeopleThinkingWayStatesWould BeProcessDecisionSubjectsJudgingIntegrityEthicsOriginalsEnormousDecision MakingRecallsJudicialJudiciaryLegitimacyFramersDecision Making Process Author:Deborah Rhode
“I think he's [Louis Brandeis] a great model for progressive justices today who want to answer the originalists. It's not that the original paradigm cases are irrelevant, but you have to focus on the values the framers were trying to protect, not on the means with which those values were invaded in the 18th century.” ThinkingWantTryingMeanTodayValuesJusticeAnswersCasesFocusCenturyProtectModelsOriginalsProgressiveIrrelevantParadigm18th CenturyFramersLouis Brandeis Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“This was only Taika Watiti fourth film [Hunt for the Wilderpeople], but I think he brings a very original way of looking at stuff and I think if you look at Boy, for instance, which is a beautiful film, that was his second feature, and it's heartbreakingly sad, but it's also simultaneously very funny. There are not many people who can do that.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayLooksBeautifulFilmStuffCan DoBoysOriginalsInstanceFeaturesFourthHunts Author:Sam Neill
“I wanna go in the studio and just go back to the same amps and stuff I'm so comfortable with the sound of. Which I think is important to stay original.” ThinkingImportantStuffSoundComfortableOriginalsStudios Author:John Petrucci
“You might pick up some influences from another type of music that you wouldn't normally think of, but, you know, maybe as a guitar player, it will come out in your improvisational style, maybe as a song writer it might come out in your note choices, or in your melodic choices, and it just helps to making your music that much more original and unique.” ThinkingKnowsHelpingMightSongChoicesPlayerInfluenceStyleTypeUniquePicksOriginalsNotesGuitarGuitar Player Author:John Petrucci
“I think we've got to look at corporate law. Back in the day when I studied it, there were different constituencies that were to be served, and I think there was a real wrong turn about 20 to 25 years ago when the theory began to be promoted that your highest duty - in fact, some would argue, your only duty - is to maximize shareholder return. I just don't buy it. And it wasn't the original underpinnings of the legal theory of corporate law.” ThinkingYearsLooksDifferentRealFactsLawTurnsDutyTheoryReturnHighestYears AgoOriginalsArguingCorporateShareholdersBack In The DayWrong Turn Author:Hillary Clinton
“It was one of Hulu's first original shows to really go out there. Now a year has passed, and the second season is getting a great response. I think the show [Difficult People] itself creatively has evolved, has gotten much richer and tighter.” PeopleThinkingYearsFirstsShowsDifficultSeasonsOriginalsResponse Author:Billy Eichner
“The only thing I can think of is my favorite album at the moment by this guy called Father John Misty, and the album is called I Love You, Honeybear. It's just brilliant. It's the album I'm currently obsessed with. It is original, and the lyrics are fantastic and [it's] brilliant. So that's blowing me away.” ThinkingI CanMomentsGuyFatherLove YouOriginalsMy FavoriteAlbumsBrilliantFantasticObsessedThis GuyMisty Author:Daniel Radcliffe
“I think the transition between singing covers on a reality show to being able to do my own thing was really exciting. I'm no longer singing covers every second, and people are actually getting to hear my own original music.” PeopleThinkingShowsRealityAbleMy OwnSingingExcitingOriginalsTransitionEvery SecondReality ShowsOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“On the show [the Voice] I obviously wasn't allowed [singing my own original music], because it's not that type of show. I think it's really cool that I get to do my own thing now.” ThinkingShowsVoiceMy OwnTypeMusic IsSingingOriginalsReally CoolOriginal Music Author:Melanie Martinez
“I don't think Kant's approach to religion is any longer viable in its original form. But that does not mean it is simply wrong or that we cannot learn from it.” ThinkingMeanDoeFormApproachOriginals Author:Allen W. Wood
“Kant's treatments of rational theology and metaphysics were aimed primarily at theoretical questions. His attitude toward the pseudo-sciences of "special metaphysics" in Wolff and Baumgarten was always double-edged. He did see them as pseudo-sciences but also valued their doctrinal value and especially their regulative value for the empirical sciences. Like his views about religion, I don't think any of this is any longer viable in its original form.” ThinkingFormValuesViewsAttitudeSpecialOriginalsTheologyRationalTreatmentMetaphysicsTheoreticalPseudo Author:Allen W. Wood
“I think the film [Aquarius] comes from that original feeling I had 18 years ago, when I was in a São Paulo supermarket. I was in line to pay for something, and when I looked up, I saw the little windows of a projection booth. That's when I realized the supermarket used to be a movie theater. They didn't even bother to change the walls. Years ago, "The Sound of Music" could've been playing in that space.” ThinkingYearsLittlesFeelingsFilmUsedSoundLinesSpacePaySawsWallYears AgoWindowTheaterOriginalsI RealizedUsed To BeBotherProjectionSupermarketsMovie TheaterSound Of MusicAquarius Author:Sonia Braga
“I think I still get something from the original broadcaster but I'm certainly not aware of any Netflix van driving to my house and unloading a load of cash into my front yard.” ThinkingStillsHouseFrontsOriginalsDrivingCashLoadYardsVansNetflixBroadcasters Author:Dylan Moran
“The Greek language seems different than other languages. I'm not the only person to think this. Usually, I come up with some kind of dopey metaphor for why it's different. But it seems, somehow, more original, more like being in the morning of language.” ThinkingKindPersonsDifferentSeemsLanguageMorningOriginalsMetaphorCome UpGreek Author:Anne Carson
“I think if I lost an edge, or the music didn't have the aggression or whatever, which is maybe one of the hallmarks of what I do, if indeed it is, I still think if you have something original in what you do and you keep doing that, then you're all right.” IfsThinkingStillsLostOriginalsEdgesAggressionHallmark Author:Chrissie Hynde
“I think early on I was really into ambient music and like American original Emo.” ThinkingOriginalsEmoAmbientAmbient Music Author:Matthew Healy
“When Ivy [Wilkes] begins her work in forgery, she doesn't yet know the toll that it will take on her own original work. She even thinks it might be a way to find inspiration. By the time she realizes that she has lost her own voice, she is thoroughly entangled in the forgery mess.” ThinkingKnowsWayInspirationMightLostVoiceRealizingOriginalsMessIvyTollsForgery Author:Liza Campbell
“I think people enjoy "The Lobster" because people respond to original things, but I think they only respond to original things if they connect to some truths within us.” PeopleIfsThinkingEnjoyOriginalsLobster Author:Colin Farrell
“A commission and an original are two different things, and both have their virtues and vices. A commission is a bit more collaborative, in that you outline the story that you think should be told, and then you write it.” ThinkingShouldWritingTwoDifferentStoriesBitsVirtueOriginalsVicesDifferent ThingsOutlinesTwo Different Things Author:Steven Knight
“When people look at the ratings and they're bad, I think people can get an idea of "Why would they even make the show?" And to a certain extent, original programming for any network is a loss leader to try to get you to keep the channel on your cable package.” PeopleThinkingTryingLooksIdeasShowsCertainLossLeaderOriginalsProgrammingPackagesCablesRating Author:Scott Aukerman
“The good thing about those original credit card commercials was that they were very "filmic", they were like little movies, so it wasn't a big step to think well maybe we could make a big movie using this character, which we eventually did.” ThinkingWellsLittlesCharacterBigsStepsOriginalsGood ThingsCreditCardsCredit CardBig Movie Author:Rowan Atkinson
“I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is hands down one of the most original, innovative, kickass female fictional characters ever.” ThinkingCharacterHandsPartyFemaleOriginalsShakesInnovativeInvitationsFictional CharacterKickassLisbeth Salander Author:Megan Chance
“The quote is always fascinating because it changes out of context, becomes different and sometimes more mysterious. It has a directness and assertiveness it may not have had in the original. I think the quality of inaccessibility, the mystery, is important - that whatever matters can't be taken in on just one reading or one seeing. This is certainly a quality of the little of art that lasts.” ThinkingMayLittlesArtImportantDifferentSometimesMatterLastsReadingQualityTakenSeeingMysteryOriginalsMysteriousJust OneFascinatingAssertivenessOf Context Author:Susan Sontag
“There's an argument that maybe [The Grinder] was better suited for streaming or cable. I don't know. I still like to think there's a place for smart, subversive, original comedies on networks.” ThinkingKnowsStillsComedySmartArgumentOriginalsCablesSubversiveStreamingGrinder Author:Rob Lowe
“I think that James Baldwin is, for sure, one of the most important American writer/thinkers of his time... not just African-American. He singled-handily revolutionized the political, artistic and historical discourses about America. He created his particular and original language.” ThinkingImportantAmericaPoliticalLanguageParticularOriginalsHistoricalArtisticAfrican AmericanThinkerDiscourseAmerican Writer Author:Raoul Peck
“There are some - called 'death fatigue' - people who just grow so tired of death, so they don't want to keep perpetuating death and creating more victims and more anger and more pain. They want to heal from that, and I think that's exactly what God wants to do. And, interestingly enough, that's part of what God's original law was doing with the 'eye for an eye' thing. It was actually to limit the patterns of retaliation and then to begin to heal from that.” PeopleThinkingWantEnoughEyePainLawGrowsLimitsCreatingOriginalsVictimTiredPatternsHealFatigueRetaliationPerpetuatingEye For An Eye Author:Shane Claiborne