Imitation Quotes
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He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the ape-like one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and self-control to hold to his deliberate decision.
John Stuart Mill
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Imitation can be commercial suicide.
William Bernbach
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Let me, however, although no verbal critic, protest against the profanation of the word friend. In this my history I must be honest, make a distinction between the oriental diamond and its worthless imitation of paste, and separate the grain from the chaff — gossamer words, that weigh nothing, from substantial realities heavier than gold.
Edward John Trelawny
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What's the point of being a lesbian if a woman is going to look and act like an imitation man?
Rita Mae Brown
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Artistic genius is an expansion of monkey imitativeness.
William Winwood Reade
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Invention, using the term most broadly, and imitation, are the two legs, so to call them, on which the human race historically has walked.
William James
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This imitation Elvis may not be the king, but baby I'm the next best thing.
Jimmy Buffett
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The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.
Israel Zangwill
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The Conquest is not a film about Nicolas Sarkozy - it's a film about political conquest. It's a Shakespearean expression, where we have all the elements of a drama, both political and personal at the same time. The decors and the costumes are all based on real photos - I wanted to be as close to reality as possible. Nicola Piovani's theatrical music gives a distance that's almost Chaplinesque, there's something quite funny. There's no imitation, no caricature, no parodie - it's realism with a distance where the dialogues are often quite funny.
Xavier Durringer
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I have formulated my own directing style in my head, proceeding without any unnecessary imitation of others.
Yasujirō Ozu
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He who lets the world choose his plan of life for him has need of no other faculty than that of ape-like imitation.
John Stuart Mill
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Report of fashions in proud Italy Whose manners still our tardy-apish nation Limps after in base imitation
William Shakespeare
