#imitate

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake colors. But always it's to show one emotion. ↗

— Pedro Almodovar

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Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. ↗

— Delphine de Girardin

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We didn't know about the rest of the world. We just knew the pictures that we saw on TV, and it was so different that we wanted to try to imitate that, to a certain extent. ↗

— Bob Livingston

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A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

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Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose. ↗

— George Meredith

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Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works. ↗

— William Penn

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We do not imitate, but are a model to others. ↗

— Pericles

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The present aristocracy of western culture, at the moment when it most clearly dominates the world, is being imitated rapidly and successfully in every eastern country. ↗

— John Desmond Bernal

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Television is much better crafted today then in the 70s. The content is less positive but I'm one of those that feel our entertainment reflects our world, it's not a driver - art imitates life. ↗

— Christopher Knight

#better #content #crafted #driver #entertainment

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes. ↗

— John Ruskin

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