#origin

They've tried to manufacture other Marilyn Monroes and they will undoubtedly keep trying. But it won't work. She was an original. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#manufacture #marilyn #original #other #she

The original item looked like a little hand cart with the figure of a man mounted on a platform between the wheels. The man's outstretched arm always pointed south. ↗

— Kit Williams

#arm #between #cart #figure #hand

The rabbit is significant in that the handle on the original South Pointing Chariot was carved in the form of a rabbit. Because the handle extended out front it meant that wherever the rabbit went the chariot had to follow. ↗

— Kit Williams

#carved #chariot #extended #follow #form

The downfall of the industry seems to actually be good for art. I think the industry will find their way once the focus shifts from its greed-based origins, downsizes, and begins to support creative visions that speak to our times and shifting ideals. ↗

— Saul Williams

#art #begins #creative #downfall #find

I've got nothing very original to say myself. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#i #myself #nothing #original #say

For me, the original play becomes an historical document: This is where I was when I wrote it, and I have to move on now to something else. ↗

— August Wilson

#document #else #historical #i #me

In 2010, my two Harvard mathematician colleagues and I dismantled kin-selection theory, which was the reigning theory of the origin of altruism at the time. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#colleagues #dismantled #harvard #i #mathematician

The historical circumstance of interest is that the tropical rain forests have persisted over broad parts of the continents since their origins as stronghold of the flowering plants 150 million years ago. ↗

— E. O. Wilson

#broad #circumstance #continents #flowering #forests

Certain remakes are great. Carpenter's The Thing is better than the original. ↗

— Alex Winter

#carpenter #certain #great #original #remakes

Originality is, for me, the most important quality in a script. ↗

— Douglas Wood

#me #most #originality #quality #script