originality
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A friend wrote that James had “the mind of a nice child—he hates and fears all problems, all speculation, all originality or novelty of view.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
She also said it was the film's originality that drew her to it.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
It lacks the quirky originality that made “Once” an unexpected Broadway juggernaut.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
But fame and fortune did not affect her remarkable originality, which she once attributed to the "serenity of the soul" that comes from spending time alone.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
At the Goupil gallery he's also trying to persuade his bosses to see the value of this new Impressionist style: the use of color, light, brushstrokes, the freedom, the originality.
From "Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers" by Deborah Heiligman
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