The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.

过去是用来启发灵感，而非用于模仿，可供继续，而非重复。

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Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.

适应不是模仿，它意味着反抗与同化的力量。

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So the relation between reality and literature world should not imitation but intertextuality.

这样，文学与现实的关系就主要不是摹仿而是文本间性。

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But Kings Go Forth is not just an imitation of the past.

NPR: Kings Go Forth: Bringing Back Soul

For many consumers, that imitation is not the sincerest form of flattery, or winning any real friends.

FORBES: Customizing Strategy in a Digital World

It is not my Barry White imitation, but it is still a little on the scratchy side.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing