#copy

To escape jury duty in England, wear a bowler hat and carry a copy of the Daily telegraph. ↗

— John Mortimer

#carry #copy #daily #duty #england

We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ↗

— Ferdinand Mount

#criticize #doubt #history #hopes #human

The first 50 years of the cinema were absolutely great years. Original minds were at work establishing the ways to tell a story. And what is happening now is a copying, a pastiche-ing of what was done by great men. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#cinema #copying #done #establishing #first

I have mixed feelings about those sorts of things. When I see it done by interesting young people, I think it's very valid. But when established photographers, people in their forties, copy me and get a lot of money, well, I find that to be very stupid. ↗

— Helmut Newton

#copy #done #established #feelings #find

I didn't try to copy my dad or fit into the pressure or the mold that everybody tried to make me fit into. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#dad #everybody #fit #i #into

As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

#as far as #concerned #copying #easy #far

My jokes are in my head and I have a duplicate copy of my jokes in a lot of British comics' heads, where they are safe. ↗

— Emo Philips

#comics #copy #duplicate #head #heads

Good artists copy, great artists steal. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#copy #good #good artists #great #steal

Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#copy #dangerous #leads #more #oneself

My vocal style I haven't tried to copy from anyone. It just developed until it became the girlish whine it is today. ↗

— Robert Plant

#became #copy #developed #girlish #haven