#imitation

Imitation is the highest form of flattery, but clones kind of get it wrong because we are promoting individuality and being proud of being yourself. ↗

— Brian Molko

#being #being proud #being yourself #clones #flattery

Art is not merely an imitation of the reality of nature, but in truth a metaphysical supplement to the reality of nature, placed alongside thereof for its conquest. ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#art #conquest #imitation #merely #metaphysical

In the absence of a limitation on local enforcement powers, the states are bound by the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution to enforce violations of the federal immigration laws. ↗

— Russell Pearce

#bound #clause #constitution #enforce #enforcement

There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#imitations #kind #only #thousand

The limitation upon this mode of promoting peace lies in the fact that it consists in an appeal to the civilized side of man, while war is the product of forces proceeding from man's original savage nature. ↗

— Elihu Root

#civilized #consists #fact #forces #lies

I'm no model lady. A model's just an imitation of the real thing. ↗

— Mae West

#imitation #just #lady #model #real

People mistake their limitations for high standards. ↗

— Jean Toomer

#high standards #limitations #mistake #people #standards

Of what use were the arts if they were only the reproduction and the imitation of life? ↗

— Alfred de Vigny

#imitation #life #only #reproduction #use

Stop thinking in terms of limitations and start thinking in terms of possibilities. ↗