Even a man's exact imitation of the song of the nightingale displeases us when we discover that it is a mimicry, and… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
The smell of the sea, of kelp and fish and bitter moving water, rose stronger in my nostrils. It flooded my consciousness… — Ross Macdonald Copy Share Image
What seems different in yourself; that's the rare thing you possess. The one thing that gives each of us his worth, and… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
“I am not Seamus, who tacks emotions to the outside of his skin and whose words charge from his mouth on horseback.… — Christa Parrish Copy Share Image
“Once we comprehend the evolutionary function of deception, we stand better equipped to understand why it happens, when it is likely to… — Ptera Hunter Copy Share Image
There’s nothing entertaining about watching goons hurl venomous slurs at congressmen like the civil rights hero John Lewis and the openly gay… — Frank Rich Copy Share Image
Although I could never get used to the constant state of anxiety in which the guilty, the great, and the tenderhearted live,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Basketball allowed me to revere my father without him knowing what I was up to. I took up basketball as a form… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I was a class clown, of the classic term for it. I would get the work done easily, and then I would… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
With mimicry, with praises, with echoes, or with answers, the poets have all but outsung the bell. The inarticulate bell has found… — Alice Meynell Copy Share Image
Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and behave. — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
Yet I'm sure there's something more to be read in a man. People dare not -- they dare not turn the page.… — Andre Gide Copy Share Image
You can hide as cleverly as you like, but in the final analysis mimicry is deception, pure and simple. It doesn't solve… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I’m a big fan of parrots - I think they’re fascinating creatures. Many of them live for longer than us humans and… — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of… — Al Pacino Copy Share Image
Alas, how right the ancient saying is: We, who are old, are nothing else but noise And shape. Like mimicries of dreams… — Euripides Copy Share Image
It requires courage to face and to conquer the immense weight of inertia and the dead and dying traditions and sophistications that… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
As an actor, I don't have any politics. As an actor, I'm driven more by an authentic - I would say an… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The character of the crowds is made up of mimicry and hostility. — Franz Grillparzer Copy Share Image
“This little book has been written in the hope that it may appeal to several classes of readers. Not infrequently I have… — Reginald Crundall Punnett Copy Share Image
What interests me when I’m writing is being able to crawl into a character’s head and speak from his or her mouth.… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
