Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Envy is ignorance, imitation is suicide.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
A long time ago, in a country not so far away, I was eight years old, doing my best Darth Vader imitation.
Hayden Christensen
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
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Herman Melville
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation.
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Imitation is the sincerest form of television.
Fred Allen
Attempts at imitation are the sincerest form of flattery, ... There's many of us sitting around today that are very flattered.
Brad Brooks
Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
Charles Caleb Colton
To refrain from imitation is the best revenge.
Marcus Aurelius
If these are not acts of war, they are a pretty good imitation.
Michael Kraft
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
A poor imitation.
Richard Maltby
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
The Cube is an imitation of life itself - or even an improvement on life.
Erno Rubik
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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