The more time we invest imitating others, the less that's available to discover and be ourselves. — LZ Granderson Copy Share Image
In nature the only source of energy is from the sun. So in ecological systems everything comes from the sun through the… — Ken Yeang Copy Share Image
Art comes out of art; it begins with imitation, often in the form of parody, and it's in the process of imitating… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing about learning comedy is to start from who you are. If you begin the process by… — Rita Rudner Copy Share Image
In imitating the exemplary acts of a god or of a mythic hero, or simply by recounting their adventures, the man of… — Mircea Eliade Copy Share Image
Feminists bore me to death. I follow my instinct and if that supports young girls in any way, great. But I'd rather… — Bjork Copy Share Image
The straight line is godless and immoral. The straight line is not a creative line, it is a duplicating line, an imitating… — Friedensreich Hundertwasser Copy Share Image
Art imitating life and life imitating art, and it's beyond the job - it will always be a marked period in my… — Wendell Pierce Copy Share Image
Back in the day, music imitated life. Now it's the opposite way around: life is imitating music. It's like whatever the rappers… — Rakim Copy Share Image
“When you try to talk about yourself, you dont know who you are, or what your like, or what your like to… — Carol Channing Copy Share Image
There's a passage about 'rivers of molten rock that wound their way... until they cooled and lay like twisted dragon-shapes vomited from… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and… — Charles Kuralt Copy Share Image
I try to not listen to all the girls I admire musically - like Nina Simone - just so I don't find… — Lou Doillon Copy Share Image
I don't think I can really believe in doomsday; I could hardly believe in rewards and punishments, in heaven or hell. As… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Everyone is so preoccupied by youth. People talk about how the movie business is a microcosm of the bigger picture, or life… — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
Unless we learn the lesson of self-appreciation and practice it, we shall spend our lives imitating other people and deprecating ourselves. — Aida Overton Walker Copy Share Image
It is as well not to have too great an admiration for your master's work. You will be in less danger of… — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
When we appeal to the throne of grace we do so through Mary, honoring God by honoring His Mother, imitating Him by… — Robert Bellarmine Copy Share Image
An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I think being in a place where there is nothing happening is very inspiring because you have to make your own fun,… — Kate Pierson Copy Share Image
My prose style at this time was a stomach-twisting blend of the Bible, Carl Sandburg, H.L. Mencken, Jeffrey Farnol, Christopher Morley, Samuel… — E. B. White Copy Share Image
In heaven there is laid up a pattern which he who chooses may behold, and beholding, set his own house in order.… — Plato Copy Share Image
