Quotes About Emulation

We are far more liable to catch the vices than the virtues of our associates.

I've got massive respect for Marta, I've loved watching her play, and I love seeing what she does on the ball. If I can try and emulate that in any way, then I'm going to be happy with it.

I think that you form the way that you act from others around you; it's a kind of an environmental thing.

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.

An outsider was taking my place, was becoming me, my cage with the starlings would become his, the stereoscope, the real Uhlan helmet hanging from a nail, all my things that I couldn't take with me remained to him; or, rather, it was my relationship with things, places, people, that was becoming his, just as I was about to become him, to take his place among the things and people of his life.

Jesus, Willard says, "does not call us to do what he did, but to be as he was, permeated with love. Then the doing of what he did and said becomes the natural expression of who we are in him.

If someone in a powerful position acts in a certain way or expresses a certain view, we implicitly assume that those actions and views are associated with power, and that emulating them may be to our advantage.

Researching real people and doing them, I think, is harder than anything else. You don't want to do a caricature of them and you don't want to do an impression. You just want to do the best you can, in terms of presenting their views and a general impression of the guy. That's the hardest thing to do, real people.

The bass line is the anchor for me. I started with the bass, and either doubled that and then added the harmonies, or sometimes added my own harmonies that I've always wanted to sing on the song. And then it just went on from there - singing violin parts and trumpet parts and just trying to emulate the sounds of the instruments.

I always admired virtue - but I could never imitate it.

You a role model by way of someone will model after your role. They'll model themselves after what they perceive is success. That doesn't mean they take your morality and virtue seriously. They want what you want, and they're willing to do what you do to get it.

Behavior is a virus. We spread our behavior to those around us, whether passively or on purpose.

I'll be your mirror, Reflect what you are, In case you don't know. I'll Be Your Mirror

How does one "catch' leadership? By watching good leaders in action!

So "borrow" an idea from someone you admire—an idea that really appeals to you personally.

Be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.

Anwar Sadat once said that if you see a good person with admirable qualities, try to adapt those qualities to yourself, and he was such a great man.

What we desire our children to become, we must endeavor to be before them

I worked on my voice for 'Sweet Dreams' but only to match my speaking voice to Patsy's actual singing voice. That was my way into that character.

When I was young, I always enjoyed watching skilful players and trying to emulate them the same as everyone else.

Competition exists everywhere.

Larry David, he's my hero. I want to be him - I want to act like him - everything.

Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

A kid never listens to what his parents tell him to do. The parents actually act as an example of what their kids themselves do.