#copying

The vibrations on the air are the breath of God speaking to man's soul. Music is the language of God. We musicians are as close to God as man can be. We hear his voice, we read his lips, we give birth to the children of God, who sing his praise. That's what musicians are. ↗

— Stephen J. Rivele

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A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all. ↗

— Betty Friedan

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Is it not dangerous to have students study together for years, copying the same models and approximately the same path? ↗

— Theodore Gericault

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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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I think you can have moderate success by copying something else, but if you really want to knock it out of the park, you have to do something different and take chances. ↗

— Lee Ann Womack

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I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was for me. I know that's true for a lot of budding musicians out there - that's the thing that gets them inspired, is trying to learn their favorite songs. I think it's a great way to teach yourself. ↗

— Susanna Hoffs

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As far as modern writing is concerned, it is rarely rewarding to translate it, although it might be easy. Translation is very much like copying paintings. ↗

— Boris Pasternak

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Well, I would never admit to copying Karl Rove's play book, but there's no doubt that what the Bush people did in 2004 was impressive. They had neighbors talking to neighbors. They did a remarkable job increasing Republican turnout in states like Ohio and Florida. ↗

— David Plouffe

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IBM decided they were going to enter the copying business in 1968. ↗

— Arthur Rock

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