Emulate Quotes

• When you see a worthy person, endeavor to emulate him. When you see an unworthy person, then examine your inner self.

  Confucius

  Self, Endeavor, Worthy

  As quoted in "Top 100 Power Verbs" by Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford, (p. 170), June 20, 2013.

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• I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.

  Taylor Swift

  Funny, Hair, Facts

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• I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us.

  Maynard James Keenan

  Artist, Unique, Trying

  "Unleashed: The Story of Tool". Book by Joel McIver, 2013.

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• The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Life, Self Esteem

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• Look at native cultures - they've lasted for tens of thousands of years, not doing everything right. We wouldn't want to emulate them in many ways, but their basic philosophies - being a part of nature, a part of a tribe or group without elevating, not what you call dominator philosophies - they lasted for tens of thousands of years. It took us to come and put them asunder.

  Tom Shadyac

  Philosophy, Years, Groups

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• One of the best ways to elevate your character is to emulate worthy role models

  Epictetus

  Character, Role Models, Roles

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• The more you are like yourself, the less you are like anyone else which makes you unique. The problem with most people is that they spend their lives trying to emulate others and so we have lots of copies but few originals.

  Walt Disney

  Unique, People, Trying

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• I believe that it is better to learn from the diverse people around us than to try in vain to emulate them, better to be a teacher than a role model. As strong as my legs are, it is my mind that has made me a champion.

  Michael Johnson

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Motivation, Hero, Opportunity

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• It's been really fun to see with each album when I change to see the fans of the show emulate my style and with the first record a lot of the kids in the crowd were wearing neck ties like I was and now you'll see a lot of girls with pink hair. It's cool, it's actually really neat.

  Avril Lavigne

  Girl, Fun, Kids

  "Talk Asia", edition.cnn.com. April 20, 2011.

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• People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

  David Byrne

  Hate, Latin, America

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• Women are more sure of themselves today. They don't have to emulate the way men dress.

  Gianni Versace

  Men, Dresses, Today

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I look at the careers of people I'm standing on the shoulders of. People like Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Sarah Vaughan. These are icons I wanted to emulate, and I feel like they've been holding me up for quite a long time.

  Dionne Warwick

  Careers, Icons, Long

  "Dionne Warwick: Living for Now". Interview with Dustin Fitzharris, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• I wanted to emulate Bob Flanagan, the high voice in the 'Four Freshmen.' I wanted to sing high like he did.

  Brian Wilson

  Voice, Four, Bob

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• What is pride? A rocket that emulates the stars.

  William Wordsworth

  Stars, Pride, Rockets

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• The language of freedom-fighting was so co-opted by the baby boomers in order to express their now-hopelessly compromised ideologies that no other generation could emulate it without a smirk. This has created an apathetic generation in the West, with young people no longer distinguishing between the old order and the new.

  Romola Garai

  Baby, Fighting, Order

  "I celebrate the defiance in Pussy Riot's eyes" by Romola Garai, www.theguardian.com. May 31, 2013.

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• I think there is probably no better person to aspire to emulate than Steve Jobs and what he has done at Apple in terms of his leadership, his innovation, not settling for mediocrity.

  Howard Schultz

  Jobs, Thinking, Apples

  "Starbucks legend delivers recovery by thinking smaller". Interview with David Teather, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2010.

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• I think Starbucks created a platform and, ultimately, a runway for many other companies to emulate. I suspect if we had not achieved what we have, there would have been many regional brands that would have succeeded. But I'm not sure there would have been a national brand of the scope of Starbucks.

  Howard Schultz

  Thinking, Scope, Runway

  "Starbucks at 40: Java juggernaut branches out". Interview with Bruce Horovitz, www.usatoday.com. March 10, 2011.

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• I've never tried to emulate anyone. I've never idolized people, I prefer instead to get off on attitudes.

  Michael Hutchence

  Attitude, People, Recycling

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• I loved Stephen Wright, and I loved Mitch Hedberg, but they seemed like geniuses you could never emulate. You'd just be ripping them off.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Genius

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• Great masters neither want nor need your worship. Your greatest gift to them and yourself is to emulate their divinity by claiming it as your own.

  Alan Cohen

  Needs, Divinity, Want

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• Oh, I think, watching Magic, him being one of my... I'm one of his biggest fans, and just trying to emulate what he did, going out on the playground, and also playing with older guys.

  Jason Kidd

  Sports, Thinking, Guy

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• The truth is that since the first book, I have wanted to emulate Benjamin Franklin and put together a healthy, wealthy and wise trilogy and so healthy was 'The 4-Hour Body,' wealthy was 'The 4-Hour Workweek' and then wise is 'The 4-Hour Chef.'

  Tim Ferriss

  Wise, Book, Healthy

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• There isn't one thing the federal government does that anybody in Big Business would emulate, at least not in the profit sector.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Government, Doe, Bigs

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• Canada has an immigration policy you might want to emulate. They want more skilled and educated immigrants. In fact, that's all they take. But, see, since nobody's watching them, and they're not a superpower, nobody really cares. So they are allowed to act in their best interests.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Immigration, Care, Want

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