Yes, we do mimic our parents in a lot of ways.
Tiny Salmoneus of the air His mimic bolts the firefly threw.
I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
I run, but boxing conditioning is different, so you have to get used to running in the ring. Boxing movements are very different. Swimming is one of the best because every single muscle is working. I swim a lot. I train very hard at things that mimic boxing. I have to do mostly sport-specific training, such as lots of sparring.
Knowledge is a mimic creation.
I have always been a good mimic.
Human beings all mimic each other.
And what do automobile companies do? They see something that's taking off and they want to mimic it, don't they?
My favorite thing about L. A. is the sunny breezes that mimic the mindset of the energy in the people.
The future doesn't have to mimic the worst parts of the present. There are new ways of sharing information, and as long as they don't give up on the importance of politics, the future is certainly open.
Cunning. . . is but the low mimic of wisdom.
For now, we assume that self-evolving robots will learn to mimic human traits, including, eventually, humor. And so, I can't wait to hear the first joke that one robot tells to another robot.
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
I don't tend to work directly from life, except in trying to mimic or match the outlines of its insanity. In other words, when I live through something, I just try to say to myself, "OK, remember this - life is really this crazy or scary or beautiful or surprising - so try to 'get at' that in your stories.
I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am.
Nowadays, influencers do anything to keep up with each other for attention, and it's not always something today's youth should mimic.
Dreams are but interludes, which fancy makes; When monarch reason sleeps, this mimic wakes.
I was a super shy, shy kid, so that was kind of my way of expressing myself - to mimic what I saw on TV. I was a bit of a weird kid, but luckily my parents encouraged it.
The most complex object in the known universe: brain, only uses 20 watts of power. It would require a nuclear power plant to energize a computer the size of a city block to mimic your brain, and your brain does it with just 20 watts. So if someone calls you a dim bulb, that's a compliment.
What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual discoveries we make through personal investigation.