“ If you choose to be fearless, then be fearlessly authentic not an imitation of someone you envy. Shannon L. Alder
“ When you are gunning to be like other people, you are foolishly repeating their mistakes, and the worst of it all is that you can't even correct yours. Michael Bassey Johnson
“ There really is no sense in pretending to be normal. Just be you because the moment you do, weirder things happen. Crazy comes back into fashion and every woman has to go out and find her some. Shannon L. Alder
“ Copy cats may seem good at what they are doing, but they will never find a spot at the top. Cyc Jouzy
“ God never uses one approach to the get his job done in the world. Each soul has its own way of being reached. He has put inside of each of us an unique song, that only another heart can hear clearly.… Shannon L. Alder
“ Nobody is born with a style or a voice. We don't come out of the womb knowing who we are. In the beginning, we learn by pretending to be our heroes. We learn by copying. Austin Kleon
“ And in an essential way, this was what he was most ashamed of: not his poor understanding of sex, not his traitorous racial tendencies, not his inability to separate himself from his parents or make h… Hanya Yanagihara
“ Traumatic events, by definition, overwhelm our ability to cope. When the mind becomes flooded with emotion, a circuit breaker is thrown that allows us to survive the experience fairly intact, that is,… Susan Pease Banitt
“ One of the fundamental causes of the disintegration of society is copying, which is the worship of authority. Jiddu Krishnamurti
“ The only way to efficiently battle evil is to copy enough to know how to counter each argument, yet not enough to believe all the bullshit. Will Advise
“ Here's how man thinks: "If no one’s done it, why should I try? It’s a waste of time; but if he’s done it, I can do it better. Nabil N. Jamal
“ Why escape your intended purpose by copying and trying to be someone else? You will discover who you were meant to be only after you have shown confidence being yourself. Suzy Kassem
“ There must be a certain amount of imitation, copying, in outward technique, but when there is inward, psychological imitation surely we cease to be creative. Jiddu Krishnamurti
