Să fii intodeauna o versiune de primă mână a propriei persoane, nu una de mâna a doua a altcuiva. - Randy L. Schmidt

i was a woman. glamorous, sparkling, with eyes that shone, guarding secrets untold, lips that were petulant, pouting and bold with a body moulded to gentlemen's delight and pedicured toe-nails shining and bright. i patronized night clubs, danced until three, and hundreds of men were mad at me. then, in a panic my dream began to cool, i mashed out the cigarette and was late to school.

Lions and tigers, and bears, oh my! - Dorothy in Wizard of Oz (1939)

Always be a first rate version of yourself and not a second rate version of someone else.