{"quotes":[{"text":"Convictions in our ideas is dangerous not only because it leaves us vulnerable to false positives, but also because it stops us from generating the requisite variety to reach our creative potential.","author":"Adam Grant","tags":["business","conviction","entrepreneurship","ideas","original","potential"],"id":1452,"author_id":"Adam+Grant"},{"text":"Be the best, not necessarily the original.","author":"I.M. Pei","tags":["architect","architecture","best","city","original"],"id":6683,"author_id":"I.M.+Pei"},{"text":"A distaste for the new is not always fear of the unknown, but sometimes ambition. Some people don't like the new way simply because they never got a chance to master the old way.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["ambition","artist","chance","change","chronological-snobbery","commitment","conservative","consistency","dedication","development","distaste","fear","improvement","liberal","mastery","new","new-age","old","original","perception","perfection","perseverance","persistence","perspective","progression","taste","tradition","understanding","unknown","young"],"id":6685,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"The best way to easily identify a counterfeit currency is to have a full exposure to the original currency. If you don't know your true vision, any satanic vision can cross your way and you might not know it.","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["best-way","coins","counterfeit","cross","currency","dream-big","experience","expose","exposure","fake","food-for-thought","god","immitation","israelmore-ayivor","know-thyself","man-know-thyself","money","notes","original","reveal","satan","satanic","unknown","vision","way"],"id":12455,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"To be ordinary, be normal; to be original, be different; to be valuable, be unique; to be priceless, be yourself.","author":"Matshona Dhliwayo","tags":["artist","be-original","be-unique","be-yourself","creativity","creativity","greatness","life-lesson","life-lessons","life-lessons","life","life","life","life-and-sayings","life-inspirational","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational-of-the-day","motivational","motivational-for-runners","motivational-for-women","musician","normal","ordinary","original","priceless","success","unique","valuable"],"id":14613,"author_id":"Matshona+Dhliwayo"},{"text":"To function in the original intention is to adhere to spiritual principles.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["function","intention","original","principle","spiritual"],"id":20389,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"Just as there is no substitute for original works of art, there is no substitute for the world of direct sensual experience.","author":"Paul Mellon","tags":["art","world","original "],"id":26634,"author_id":"Paul+Mellon"},{"text":"Creative minds don't follow rules, they follow will.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","creative","creativity","follow","following","gut-feeling","gut-feelings","human","humans","innovative","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","instinct","inventive","mind","minds","motivation","motivational","motivational","original","originality","pattern","philosophy","rule","rules","will","willpower","wisdom","wisdom"],"id":28429,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"We can all take pictures but not everyone can capture the beauty that's usually hidden in plain view...We can all open our mouth to sing but not everyone can melodically touch your soul...We can all pick up a pen to write but not everyone can write words in such a way that they leap off of the page for you...We can all part our lips to speak but not everyone can speak life into you...We can all move our bodies to a beat but not everyone can become one with music, stir emotions and shift energy with dance...Point is: WE CAN all do something but Know your gifts, cultivate them and ALWAYS, ALWAYS BE YOURSELF! Then working together becomes effortless. Copies aren't accepted everywhere...ORIGINALS are eventually required!","author":"Sanjo Jendayi","tags":["authentic","copy","dance","gifts","original","photo","photography","pictures","sanjo-jendayi","sing","speak","write"],"id":31716,"author_id":"Sanjo+Jendayi"},{"text":"Be kind. Be compassionate. Be love. Be original. Be authentic. Be peace. Be yourself. BE.","author":"Karen A. Baquiran","tags":["be","compassion","kind","love","loveyourself","loveyourselfmovement","original","peace","yourself"],"id":47155,"author_id":"Karen+A.+Baquiran"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":112,"pages":12,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}