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Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.
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Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and cannot be done.
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Impelled by a state of mind which is destined not to last, we make our irrevocable decisions
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Impossible to spend sleepless nights and accomplish anything: if, in my youth, my parents had not financed my insomnias, I should surely have killed myself.
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Improvisation is not a presentational form, except in small doses, or as a game. It's a tool.
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In 'The Force Awakens,' women as well as men are in positions of authority. And you don't have to work hard to do that - it's not a statement, it's the world.
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In 12 or 15 years, there will be routine, affordable space tourism not just in the U.S. but in a lot of countries.
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In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
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In 1982 when I showed up, the average age of the drivers in the series was something like 40, 41. The crowds were small. There was not much prize money. The competition wasn't very tight.
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In 2008, people who invested in hedge funds needed capital badly, but many of the funds would not return their money. However, I gave money back to any investor who requested it. It was the bottom of the market and a pretty tough time.
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In 2012, I started writing songs - not for the world to hear, but for certain people I needed to talk to. My family, we were not big communicators. I had a hard time talking to people in general.
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In 49 countries around the world, including all of Europe, people have the opportunity of knowing whether or not they are eating food which contains genetically engineered ingredients. In the United States, we don't.
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In a big family the first child is kind of like the first pancake. If it's not perfect, that's okay, there are a lot more coming along.
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In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but its effects.
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In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
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In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.
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In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it.
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In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence ... in time every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties ... Work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence.
The Peter Principle -
In a portrait, you have room to have a point of view. The image may not be literally what's going on, but it's representative.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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