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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

Mahatma Gandhi
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All art is an imitation of nature.

Seneca
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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.

Eric Hoffer
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

Samuel Johnson
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Dr. Joyce Brothers
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Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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There is a time in every man's education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.

Hayden Christensen
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There is some fabulous new work being done here, especially by some of the smaller companies, ... But without the classics, you are really working in imitation of your own current culture, and the work of others who are working in imitation of their own current culture.

John Wright
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It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

Herman Melville
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To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
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Imitation is the sincerest form of television.

Fred Allen
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Attempts at imitation are the sincerest form of flattery, ... There's many of us sitting around today that are very flattered.

Brad Brooks
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

Charles Caleb Colton
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To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.

Marcus Aurelius
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If these are not acts of war, they are a pretty good imitation.

Michael Kraft
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There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.

Judith Butler
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A poor imitation.

Richard Maltby
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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.

James Fenton
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The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.

Erno Rubik
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. This is my idea, and when I get to Congress, I'd be very happy to cooperate with (Allard) on this.

Ed Perlmutter
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