Mimicry famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

Jamie Foxx does a good rendition of me. It's a real gift, mimicry of that kind, the tonal thing. It's sort of like having a talent for playing an instrument.
-- Al Pacino

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Whether it's a blatant homage or unconscious mimicry, the Rolling Stones have permanently, indelibly influenced how rock stars look and behave.
-- Diablo Cody

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I said I have no powers of invention. Well, I also have no powers of mimicry.
-- Norman MacCaig

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Every athlete learns by theft and mimicry.
-- Pat Conroy

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Theory and knowledge remain suspect, not because of inherent worthlessness, but because of their historic isolation from action. Without theoretical orientation, however, action is vulnerable to oversimplified and glib imitativeness-even mimicry-and to the use of the gimmick.
-- Erving Polster

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I used to think the reason I'd like to stop letting fear run my life was that it felt so bad to be afraid, and also that it was pointless - possibly wasted, if the feared thing never did materialize. But now that fear has packed its miserable bags and is running out the door, making slamming noises to call attention to itself, I begin to see how much room fear has occupied. What opportunity opens up!
True wisdom comes from the overcoming of suffering and sin. All true wisdom is therefore touched with sadness.
Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.
Give me a part in a film, and I'll show you I'm not just a heartthrob.
A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can do what he likes and get away with it; or else he has to be a true empowerer who can bring out the best in others.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
If love is a play, this play, as old as the world, fiasco or not, it is, all in all, the least bad thing that has so far been found. The roles are trite, I admit, but if the play had no value the whole universe wouldnâ€™t know it by heart
...the very basics of photography [can] be potent and strange. So why not make pictures about the medium itself and see where they would take me?
The society of my relatives can only be enjoyed with frequent intervals.
It's absolutely impossible, but it has possibilities.