Imitated Quotes

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The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern… — John Desmond Bernal
A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for… — Ambrose Bierce
Even the song of birds, which we can bring under no musical rule, seems to have more freedom, and therefore more for taste, than a… — Immanuel Kant
In my opinion, nothing has contributed so much to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist… — George Orwell
As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at… — Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy in art. Because… — Fernand Leger
ZANY, n. A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the _buffone_, or clown, and was therefore the ape of an… — Ambrose Bierce
If suicide be supposed a crime, it is only cowardice can impel us to it. If it be no crime, both prudence and courage should… — David Hume
By close inspection... you will discover the manner of handling the artifices of contrast, glazing, and other expedients, by which good colorists have raised the… — Joshua Reynolds
The Catholic Church holds that it is not admissible to ordain women to the priesthood, for very fundamental reasons. These reasons include: the example recorded… — Pope Paul VI
The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and nature… — Morris Graves
I did not want to be a tree, a flower or a wave. In a dancer's body, we as audience must see ourselves, not the… — Martha Graham
I've been imitated so well I've heard people copy my mistakes. — Jimi Hendrix
The best form of flattery is to be admired, imitated or respected. I've always felt proud our fans look up to us or feel we… — Cheryl James
Bond was escapism, but not meant to be imitated in real life. — Roger Moore
I have been portrayed by actors in three television documentaries, two plays, one musical and a film. It's no fun watching yourself being traduced and… — Felix Dennis
I find myself unable to let go of the sense that human beings are somehow special, and that moment-to-moment human experience contains a certain unquantifiable… — Douglas Rushkoff
I give you five minutes to spare your blushes. here is the little bronze key that opens the ebony caskets on the mantle piece in… — Gaston Leroux
I say that good painters imitated nature; but that bad ones vomited it. — Miguel de Cervantes
I know of a wild region whose librarians repudiate the vain superstitious custom of seeking any sense in books and compare it to looking for… — Jorge Luis Borges

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