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title: "6 Imitating People Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [I used to always love taking photos, but I would always give a camera away to someone else. Now I don't give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hilton-als/i-used-to-always-love-taking-photos-but-i-would-always-give-a-camera/)

[Hilton Als](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hilton-als/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f2/hilton-als-7671_giving_i-used-to-always-love-taking-photos-but_186384.jpg)

> [When you're learning, especially to write, unless you're some incredibly gifted writer, a young Malcom Gladwell, say, you need to be imitating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ira-glass/when-you-re-learning-especially-to-write-unless-you-re-some/)

[Ira Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ira-glass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/ira-glass-2464_chops_when-you-re-learning-especially-to-write_573884.png)

> [Ask God to locate you and stop imitating people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngoveni-gift/ask-god-to-locate-you-and-stop-imitating-people/)

[NGOVENI GIFT](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngoveni-gift/)

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> [When I was little, when I was a kid, I used to sit in front of the TV and just say what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/earl-sweatshirt/when-i-was-little-when-i-was-a-kid-i-used-to-sit-in-front-of-the-tv/)

[Earl Sweatshirt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/earl-sweatshirt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/earl-sweatshirt-6773_good_when-i-was-little-when-i-was-a-kid-i-use_1069390.jpg)

> [I loved old movies. And I like imitating people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julia-garner/i-loved-old-movies-and-i-like-imitating-people/)

[Julia Garner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julia-garner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ff/julia-garner-19803_cinema_i-loved-old-movies-and-i-like-imitating_1090497.jpg)

> [A lot of things you just stumble into: relationships or ways of putting characters opposite one another that really worked. So then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-lloyd/a-lot-of-things-you-just-stumble-into-relationships-or-ways-of/)

[Christopher Lloyd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-lloyd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/christopher-lloyd-8195_about_a-lot-of-things-you-just-stumble-into-re_2668771.jpg)

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