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The burden of originality is one that most people don't want to accept. They'd rather sit in front of the TV and let that tell them what they're supposed to like, what they're supposed to buy, and what they're supposed to laugh at.

— Marilyn Manson

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

— John Stuart Mill

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

— Michel Gondry

I offer originality: you don't know what my films are like until you go to them. I think that's the reason I've been getting all this attention.

— M. Night Shyamalan

There are moments when television systems are young and haven't formed properly, and there's room for lots of original stuff. Then things become more and more top-heavy with executives who are trying to guarantee the success of things.

— Terry Gilliam

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.

— Voltaire

I'm constantly trying to be as original as I can.

— Guy Pearce

Every film has to be the next something else; originality isn't celebrated because you can't market it.

— Nick Moran

The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

— Thomas Carlyle

Originality implies being bold enough to go beyond accepted norms.

— Anthony Storr

✗Opposing Perspectives

Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

— Thomas Carlyle