A Quote by Ben Mikaelsen

You were born original don't die a copy

Ben Mikaelsen

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Ben Mikaelsen
American - Writer
Born: December 8, 1952

You were born God's original. Try not to become someone's copy.

Marian Wright Edelman

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

Jean Cocteau

What's burning down is a re-creation of a period revival house patterned after a copy of a copy of a copy of a mock Tudor big manor house. It's a hundred generations removed from anything original, but the truth is aren't we all?

Chuck Palahniuk

In the past we believed both sexes were born with original sin. Today, we have come to unconsciously believe in the original sin of boys, but the original innocence of girls.

Warren Farrell

Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.

Fran Lebowitz

Why are we born? We're born eventually to die, of course. But what happens between the time we're born and we die? We're born to live. One is a realist if one hopes.

Studs Terkel

If you look at items of clothing like denim or polo shirts, they came from someone else's idea and everyone now makes them, but even so, I sometimes want to buy into the newer thing because it looks good or whatever. I mean, I copy many things - almost everything I do could be called a copy in some way. But I copy with a certain respect. I have a high regard for the original, and so I want to put my twist onto that. It's just like sampling music - when it's done well, the new work communicates a respect for the original source material.

Hiroshi Fujiwara

If your entire conception of what's possible in fantasy only comes from other fantasy books, you're going to go on to create a copy of a copy of a copy. There's nothing original there, nothing dynamic. Which is fine if that's your goal, but I've always wanted to do something no one else was doing before.

Kameron Hurley

If you were not born in this world, there would be no need to die. To be born in this world is to die, to disappear [laughing].

Shunryu Suzuki

Start copying what you love. Copy copy copy copy. At the end of the copy you will find your self.

Yohji Yamamoto

You should learn from your competitor, but never copy. Copy and you die.

Jack Ma

Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.

Abraham Lincoln

You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't. You have wings. Learn to use them and fly.