"Great writers create; writers of smaller gifts copy" — W. Somerset Maugham

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• I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
• When I was in middle school, some of my so-called friends found a catalogue ad I did for Superman pajamas.… — Jensen Ackles
• My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
• You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything. — David Bailey
• They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were… — Afrika Bambaataa
• You know when you first get rich, and you, like, just buy everything that you see? I did that for… — Roseanne Barr
• I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. — Venerable Bede
• There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this… — Berenice Abbott
• I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than… — Robert Benchley
• Listen kid, take my advice, never hate a song that has sold half a million copies. — Irving Berlin
• The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal. — Ritchie Blackmore
• The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal;… — William Blake

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