#imitation

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style. ↗

— James Gunn

#appropriate #beyond #discover #else #find

Those who do not succeed do not believe in their ability to exercise the potential power to forge beyond perceptions of limitations. ↗

— T.F. Hodge

#exercise #forge #limitations #limits #perceptions

I believe, there is only one Limitation, Self Limitation I free myself from self restraint Freedom is not free, it is beyond value I earn my own freedom I reach into my darkest fear to free myself from deep within Here, I speak my truth on the dirt, under the sun in the name of LOVE ↗

— Imei Ho

#freedom

But once an original book has been written-and no more than one or two appear in a century-men of letters imitate it, in other words, they copy it so that hundreds of thousands of books are published on exactly the same theme, with slightly different titles and modified phraseology. This should be able to be achieved by apes, who are essentially imitators, provided, of course, that they are able to make use of language. ↗

— Pierre Boulle

#books #imitation #language #theme #writing

A prudent man will always try to follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been truly outstanding, so that, if he is not quite as skillful as they, at least some of their ability may rub off on him. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#greatness #imitation #learning #men

You know, there's so much imitation and so much pandering in Hollywood. ↗

— Tom Selleck

#imitation #know #much #pandering #you

I continuously go further and further learning about my own limitations, my body limitation, psychological limitations. It's a way of life for me. ↗

— Ayrton Senna

#body #continuously #further #go #i

Nature is commonplace. Imitation is more interesting. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#imitation #interesting #more #nature

I just don't want to be hampered by my own limitations. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#i #just #limitations #my own #own

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#applied #blend #blow #boldly #completely