John Paul Jones

I propose not our enemies as an example for our general imitation, yet, as their navy is the best regulated of any in the world, we must, in some degree, imitate them and aim at such farther improvement as may one day make ours vie with - and exceed - theirs.

American Soldier

James E. Gunn

I don't know if there is any one secret to successful writing, but one important step is to move beyond imitation and discover what you can write that no one else can - that is, find out who you are and write that in an appropriate narrative and style.

American Writer

Gary Gygax

Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.

American Inventor

Gaspar Noe

Narrative cinema is just an imitation of life. Why would you prevent yourself and the audience of the same images, of the same that happened in real life?

Argentinian Director

William Hanna

Cartoons ran into trouble when they became too much like real life images. Cartoons had become poor imitations of the real thing.

American Artist

John Lydon

Art should be life. It's an imitation of life. It should have some humanity in it.

English Musician

Friedrich Nietzsche

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

German Philosopher

Luise Rainer

The best imitation in the world is not half as good as a poor original.

German Actress

Shawn Crahan

I wouldn't disrespect myself or my art with any imitations.

American Musician

Marcus Tullius Cicero

In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

Roman Statesman

Imitation can be positive, like an homage, or negative, like mockery. Context reveals intent.

Context Matters

The tone can change meaning. A playful tone often indicates teasing instead of disrespect.

Emotional Tone

The phrase 'imitation is the sincerest form of flattery' suggests copying as a compliment.

Flattery or Insult

Imitation products are often lower in quality and price than the originals they mimic.

Quality Clue

People might choose imitation goods to avoid ethical issues like animal cruelty in the case of furs.

Ethical Shopping

Imitation as a learning method can be deliberate practice or happen unconsciously.

Learning Tool

Who we imitate often reflects our admiration for them or desire to be like them.

Role Models

It's important to disclose an item is imitation to avoid deceiving someone into thinking it's real.

Disclosure

When 'imitation' is an adjective, it describes an object, not an action or process.

Adjective Use

 simulation of the other person's action now what is the significance of these mirror neurons for one thing there must be involved in things like imitation and emulation because to imitate a complex act it requires my brain to adopt the other person's point of view so this is important for imitation and emulation

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 and the jobs we hope to create aren't going to stick unless they're jobs that people want. And I know the point of this conference is to celebrate things that are near and dear to us, but I also know that clean and dirty aren't opposites. They're two sides of the same coin, just like innovation and imitation,

Learning from dirty jobs...

 For one thing they must be involved in things like imitation and emulation. Because to imitate a complex act requires my brain to adopt the other person's point of view. So, this is important for imitation and emulation. Well, why is that important? Well, let's take a look at the next slide.

 live the active outdoor life participating in the same activities as the men in greece and that stark difference made a deep impression on the greeks this difference did inspire admiration not imitation i found out about this when we were searching for images for

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 for eight hours a day. There are none of the nuanced cues that help you read a room. Staring at disembodied heads on a screen offers only a pale imitation of real human connection. Social anxiety only makes this worse. When you have a camera in your face,

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 I do like sympathy. I do like magic. So when I click on "sympathetic magic," I get sympathetic magic and voodoo dolls. This is the boy in me getting lucky again. Sympathetic magic is imitation. If you imitate something, maybe you can have an effect on it.

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 making an imitation of that trainer's whistle. If you hummed this tune to your dog or cat and it hummed it back to you, you ought to be pretty surprised. Very few nonhuman mammals can imitate sounds. It's really important for our music and our language.

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 practicing until it can match the song it memorized. As the bird learns, hearing the tutor’s song over and over again is helpful— up to a point. If he hears it too many times, the imitation degrades— and the source matters.

The surprising reason...

 it can't be helped. But where does this sound, commonly described as a click, come from? Is it simply the byproduct of a crude mechanical action? Or is it an imitation

Ben Katchor's comics of...

 Here, the insect imitations have been replaced with fluffy imitation mice.

Imitation

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