#copy

You still could go to some industry or some university or the government and if you could persuade them you had something on the ball—why, then, they might put up the cash after cutting themselves in on just about all of the profits. And, naturally, they'd run the show because it was their money and all you had done was the sweating and the bleeding. ↗

— Clifford D. Simak

#corporate-greed #finance #government-financing #grants #rights

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— E.A. Bucchianeri

#culture #culture-identity #culture-making #disclaimer #funny

There are many teachers who could ruin you. Before you know it you could be a pale copy of this teacher or that teacher. You have to evolve on your own. ↗

— Berenice Abbott

#copy #could #evolve #know #many

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. ↗

— Sebastian Bach

#being #copying #cover #did #else

You can't really copy what I do because I don't do anything. ↗

— David Bailey

#because #copy #i #i do #really

They allow us to disrespect our Black woman. A lot of these things would be considered criminal if it were to be carried out in the streets. That's like when they tell you after you buy your VHS and you rent movies they tell you not to copy the movies. ↗

— Afrika Bambaataa

#allow #black #buy #carried #considered

I am my own secretary; I dictate, I compose, I copy all myself. ↗

— Venerable Bede

#compose #copy #dictate #i #i am

How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product? ↗

— Howard Berman

#contributions #copyright #could #dominated #economy

The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#copy #genius #get #good #just

Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models. ↗

— Ruben Blades

#copying #cuban #dancing #distinctive #emphasis