“ Agesilaus, the Spartan king, was once invited to hear a mimic imitate the nightingale, but declined with the comment that he had heard the nightingale itself. ”
- Plutarch- Copy
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“ I think most people don't like others who, without a voice of their own, emulate the other. I certainly don't want anybody just to pick up my thoughts and hand them back to me. ”
- Marguerite Young- Copy
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“ As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate. ”
- John McCain- Copy
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“ When you see a good man, try to emulate his example, and when you see a bad man, search yourself for his faults. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self. ”
- Confucius- Copy
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“ Do not turn and run, for there is nowhere worthwhile for you to go. Do not attempt to push ahead into the danger…emulate the example of the water: Pause and build up your strength until the obstacle no longer represents a blockage. ”
- From the I Ching- Copy
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“ You know that I try to maintain a continuous conversation with you. I take comfort in the thought that the important thing is not for one person to write to Christ but for many people to love and emulate you. Fortunately, despite everything, this still occurs today. ”
- Pope John Paul I- Copy
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“ One of the great things about rap music… it leaves a lot to be desired, as far as I'm concerned, musically, but I do recognize the very important place that it has in music and in creating role models for younger kids to emulate, giving them the dream that they can make it out of whatever situation they're in. ”
- Graham Nash- Copy
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“ A painting… is just one image. It allows you to elaborate, dwell on that one picture, go off on it because no further images are forced upon you. But the motion picture is always changing. So what you have to do is create some kind of eye field, an abstract form in a literal sense that tries to emulate what the brain is perceiving, not what the eye is seeing. ”
- John Leslie- Copy
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“ When I went to Broadway in the mid-sixties, everybody was trying to emulate Al Pacino and Robert De Niro and here I was kind of the wholesome 'All-American Boy' from the mid-west with the big toothy smile; so I kind of stood out - a rare kind of a thing for that kind of venue. ”
- John Davidson- Copy
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