#imitation

Plot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations. ↗

— Horace Walpole

#character #comedy #diversified #even #great

I think it's a mistake where rap music is these days. It doesn't seem to be able to look out of the ghetto and that's ultimately unfortunate, because it defines our limitations. ↗

— Saul Williams

#because #days #defines #ghetto #i

Working within the limitations of the shared world generally made the writing easier, because I didn't have to invent any of the characters or background, which is usually the hardest part. ↗

— Walter Jon Williams

#background #because #characters #easier #generally

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists. ↗

— John Yoo

#also #asking #geneva #limitations #make

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#comes #enough #his #insight #limitations

When we were making vinyl records we had a lot of time limitations for each record so songs were left off for a number of reasons. Now, with CDs, much more music can be included. ↗

— Ken Hensley

#each #had #included #left #limitations

The genres are widening. I don't think that there's as many limitations on the kinds of projects that actors can do as there once was. ↗

— Emile Hirsch

#i #kinds #limitations #many #once

Imitation is the sincerest form of pain. ↗

— Roy Horn

#imitation #pain #sincerest #sincerest form

I don't have to be an imitation of a white woman that Hollywood sort of hoped I'd become. I'm me, and I'm like nobody else. ↗

— Lena Horne

#else #hollywood #hoped #i #imitation

I resent limitations. I'm going to be this way for a while. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#his way #i #limitations #resent #way