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«I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it»
Author: Charles II (King) | About: Virtue | Keywords: admired, imitate
«I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art.»
Author: Ernst Fischer (Chemist, Educator) | About: Art, Life | Keywords: imitate
«It has been found that the less an advertisement looks like an advertisement, and the more it looks like an editorial, the more readers stop, look and read. Therefore, study the graphics used by editors and imitate them. Study the graphics used in advertisements, and avoid them.»
«It is not so much the example of others we imitate as the reflection of ourselves in their eyes and the echo of ourselves in their words»
Author: Eric Hoffer (Writer) | Keywords: echo, imitate
«In literature imitations do not imitate»
Author: Mark Twain (Humorist, Lecturer, Writer) | About: Literature | Keywords: imitate, imitations
«Insist on yourself; never imitate.»
«Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession.»
«Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.»
«In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger:Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;Now set the teeth, and stretch the nostril wide,Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spiritTo his full height!»
«If you can't imitate him, don't copy him.»

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