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You behold in me, Stephen said with grim displeasure, a horrible example of free thought. — James Joyce
I've always been a 'your parents have got to come up to the school' type of person. Even now, when I do something wrong -… — Russell Brand
It always stimulates me to discover new examples of my own prejudice and stupidity, to realize that I don't know half as much as I… — Paul Auster
I do not think I ever opened a book in my life which had not something to say upon woman's inconstancy. Songs and proverbs, all… — Jane Austen
Exercise II. Write a diary, imagining that you are trying to make an old person jealous. I have written an example to get you started:… — Joe Dunthorne
from Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power... — William J. Clinton
The legs, for example, of that chair--how miraculous their tubularity, how supernatural their polished smoothness! I spent several minutes--or was it several centuries?--not merely gazing… — Aldous Huxley
There's nothing to be gained from passive observance, the simple documenting of conditions, because, at its core, it sets a bad example. Every time something… — Dave Eggers
The devotion of such titans of spirit as Lenin to an Ideal must bear fruit. The nobility of his selflessness will be an example through… — Mahatma Gandhi
We regard the photograph, the picture on our wall, as the object itself (the man, landscape, and so on) depicted there. This need not have… — Ludwig Wittgenstein
Anyone can practice some nonviolence, even soldiers. Some army generals, for example, conduct their operations in ways that avoid killing innocent people; this is a… — Nhat Hanh
There are too many things we do not wish to know about ourselves. People are not, for example, terribly anxious to be equal (equal, after… — James A. Baldwin
Reading a novel, War and Peace for example, is no Catnap. Because a novel is so long, reading one is like being married forever to… — Kurt Vonnegut
Everything you've learned in school as "obvious" becomes less and less obvious as you begin to study the universe. For example, there are no solids… — R. Buckminster Fuller
The act of imagination is the opening of the system so that it shows new connections. Every act of act of imagination is the discovery… — Jacob Bronowski
The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance, is a positively outrageous example of… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A game master or teacher who was primarily concerned with being close enough to the "innermost meaning" would be a very bad teacher. To be… — Hermann Hesse
We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and… — Alan Watts
Never before did I realize that mental illness could have the aspect of power, power. Think of it: perhaps the more insane a man is,… — Ken Kesey
Mom and dad say I should make my life an example of the principles I believe in. But every time I do, they tell me… — Bill Watterson

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