#imitation

Where force is necessary, there it must be applied boldly, decisively and completely. But one must know the limitations of force; one must know when to blend force with a maneuver, a blow with an agreement. ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#applied #blend #blow #boldly #completely

Now, it is of course well known that Christ continually uses the expression 'imitators.' He never says that he asks for admirers, adoring admirers, adherents; and when he uses the expression 'follower' he always explains it in such a way that one perceives that 'imitators' is meant by it, that is not adherents of a teaching but imitators of a life.... ↗

— Søren Kierkegaard

#christ #christianity #follower #imitation #imitator

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#dejan-stojanovic #empowerment #limitations #literature #literature-quotes

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

#form #imitation #sincerest #sincerest form

The mask can be a limitation, but you just deal with it. You do get superhuman strength and pumpkin bombs and all this other stuff to express yourself with.' ↗

— Willem Dafoe

#deal #express #express yourself #get #human strength

Digital imaging has untied our hands with regards to technical limitations. We no longer have to be arbiters of technology; we get to participate in the interpretation of technology into creative content. ↗

— John Dykstra

#creative #digital #get #hands #imaging

Man is always marveling at what he has blown apart, never at what the universe has put together, and this is his limitation. ↗

— Loren Eiseley

#apart #blown #his #limitation #man

The age factor means nothing to me. I'm old enough to know my limitations and I'm young enough to exceed them. ↗

— Marv Levy

#enough #exceed #factor #i #know

To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite. ↗

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

#form #imitation #namely #opposite #something

Britain is producing some of the worst films in the world. Our film industry is desperate to be part of America, and we just churn out flaccid imitations of bad films over there. ↗

— Catherine McCormack

#bad #britain #desperate #film #film industry