Knockoffs Quotes

• When you get knocked down, don't stay down; get back up again. Nothing good is going to happen as long as you're down on yourself.

  Joel Osteen

  Inspirational, Life, Getting Back Up

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• A knockoff is not as easy to spot when it comes to love.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Easy, Spots

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• In some ways a mark of good parenting is that you don't try to make your children into little knockoffs of yourself. None of us went into business. None of us became powerful people like that. All of us pursued our own passions and our own interests. One of my brothers was filmmaker. One of my brothers was a teacher. My sister was a librarian.

  Bill Ayers

  Teacher, Brother, Children

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another.

  Edward Norton

  Scripts, Genre, Familiar

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• I smiled at the giant. “Actually, Cacus, I have another secret weapon.” The giant’s eyes lit up with greed. “Another weapon? I will steal it! I will copy it and sell the knockoffs for a profit! What is this secret weapon?” “Her name is Annabeth,” I said. “And she’s one of a kind.

  Rick Riordan

  Eye, Names, Greed

  Rick Riordan (2012). “The Demigod Diaries (Heroes of Olympus)”, p.77, Penguin UK

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• A great pair of shoes can make a $20 outfit look like couture, and a poorly constructed pair of shoes can make couture look like a cheap knockoff.

  Nina Garcia

  Shoes, Looks, Pairs

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• I like well-made clothes, and I don't mind spending a lot of money on something that looks super, super simple. I don't like knockoffs.

  Micah Lexier

  Simple, Clothes, Mind

  "A Believer Excerpt From Sheila Heti’s Interview With Artist Micah Lexier". Interview with Sheila Heti, www.mcsweeneys.net. October 11, 2013.

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• Prada makes really nice bags and then somebody in China makes knockoffs. This is the knockoff version of the mutant world. You have Weapon X. you have government spending millions of dollars to make it, and then you have these guys who are making thugs out of people that they pull off the street, or who are damaged, or who have found themselves in terrible positions for some reason.

  Timothy Miller

  Nice, Thug, Government

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