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The Russians imitate French ways, but always at a distance of fifty years. ↗

— Stendhal

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I wasn't actually trained by my mother, she said she never taught me but she was a great singer herself and I can't remember when I didn't listen to her sing and imitate her. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

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I discovered very early that it wasn't quite enough for me to imitate people. ↗

— Cecil Taylor

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Art does imitate life, it has to come from somewhere. To put boundaries and limitations on it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. ↗

— Christian Slater

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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. ↗

— Simone de Beauvoir

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Art may imitate life, but life imitates TV. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

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Art imitates life and, sometimes, life imitates art. It's a weird combination of elements. ↗

— Bruce Willis

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Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone. ↗

— Dom DeLuise

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The thirst for vengeance was the beautiful nature which Homer imitated. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

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