Imitator Quotes

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Students must have initiative; they should not be mere imitators. They must learn to think and act for themselves - and be free. — Cesar Chavez
Cafe society is as old as the hills. Starbucks and its imitators are the coffee face of the new man in a hurry. — Ian Anderson
Never imitate. The mind is an imitator, because imitation is very easy. To be someone is very difficult. To become someone is very easy -… — Rajneesh
Don`t be imitators. The mind is an imitator, because it is easier to play the game of imitation than to become authentically true. Many ideas… — Rajneesh
There are three kinds of people: 1. Innovators. 2. Imitators. 3. Idiots. — Warren Buffett
The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of martyrdom is that… — Soren Kierkegaard
The funny thing about our act is that dad gets the worst of it, although I'm the one who apparently receives the bruises . .… — Buster Keaton
The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without… — Samuel Johnson
Bring individuality into things, do not just be an imitator. To imitate is to miss life. — Rajneesh
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.... — Igor Stravinsky
Anybody can write, but not everybody invents new forms of writing. Gertrude Stein invented a new form of writing and her imitators are just 'talents.'… — Jack Kerouac
Children are taught to fear and obey; the avarice, pride, or timidity of parents teaches children economy, arrogance, or submission. They are also encouraged to… — Luc de Clapiers
If I created a new depravity I would be a priestess, while my imitators would founder, after my reign, in abominable filth...Don't you think that… — Rachilde
The imitator dooms himself to hopeless mediocrity. The inventor did it because it was natural to him, and so in him it has a charm.… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs,… — Adyashanti
An imitator is a man who succeeds in being an imitation. — Elbert Hubbard
In the design of fission reactors man was not an innovator but an unwitting imitator of nature. — George Cowan
Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the… — Samuel Johnson
When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few… — Samuel Johnson

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