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A good composer does not imitate; he steals. -- Igor Stravinsky
I hope young athletes can imitate my good side only, not the bad side. -- Taufik Hidayat
If what you want to do is make good art, decide what's good and try to imitate it. -- Robert Pinsky
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired. -- Delphine de Girardin
Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate. -- Leslie Fiedler
Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. -- James A. Baldwin
Hollywood has an obligation to watch what they put out there. Kids do imitate what they see - good or bad. -- Morgan Brittany
One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it. -- Francesco Guicciardini
As a traditionally risk-averse nation, India has rarely been at the forefront of innovation. Indian companies have mostly imitated others and became very good at it. -- Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it. -- Charles Kuralt
It's hard to read good fiction when I am writing, because if it is really good I catch myself sort of inadvertently imitating a great writer. -- John Grisham
Let us carefully observe those good qualities wherein our enemies excel us; and endeavor to excel them, by avoiding what is faulty, and imitating what is excellent in them. -- Plutarch
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
I entreat students of letters and other scholars to obey their masters in things good, to imitate them, and diligently apply themselves to letters for the sake of God's honour and their own salvation and that of other men. -- Jan Hus
If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself. -- Confucius
If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising. -- David Ogilvy
I don't know if it's good or bad, but when I first started writing I imitated the narrative thrust of a movie. And as I worked, I learned what you can do in fiction that you can't do in movies, and vice-versa. -- Kevin Wilson
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
There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him. -- Benjamin Franklin
I have good pronunciation no matter what language I speak. Maybe it's because my specialties are rapping and imitating others -- G-Dragon
Every writer knows that when you're imitating somebody - you know, you're sounding like Faulkner - you're doing pretty good, but your life in Hoboken isn't Faulkneresque. -- George Saunders

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