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It was hard to feel the right emotions at the right times. They didnâ€™t come at all when you set a place for them, and… — Ann Brashares
Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree… — Aberjhani
And money can't buy everything. For example: poverty. — Nelson Algren
For example, the supporters of tariffs treat it as self-evident that the creation of jobs is a desirable end, in and of itself, regardless of… — Milton Friedman
All 'isms' run out in the end, and good riddance to most of them. Patriotism for example. [...] If in the interest of making sure… — Frederick Buechner
Nothing but Christianity will give you the victory. Until a man believes in his heart that Jesus Christ is his Lord and Master... his course… — Francis Scott Key
Most of us have no sympathy with the rich idler who spends his life in pleasure without ever doing any work. But even he fulfills… — Ludwig von Mises
If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning. — Jennifer Crusie
In this age, the mere example of non-conformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. Precisely because the tyranny… — John Stuart Mill
There are many other little refinements too, Mr. Bohlen. You'll see them all when you study the plans carefully. For example, there's a trick that… — Roald Dahl
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example;… — Benjamin Franklin
Behold, my love, behold all that I simultaneously do: scandal, seduction, bad example, incest, adultery, sodomy! Oh, Satan! one and unique God of my soul,… — Marquis de Sade
Thalia had been turned into a pine tree when she was 12. Me... well, i was doing my best not to follow her example. I… — Rick Riordan
What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. A convention is a… — Alan Watts
Bad architecture is in the end as much a failure of psychology as of design. It is an example expressed through materials of the same… — Alain de Botton
I don't know," I said. "What else did you do for your first eighteen years?" "Like I said," he said as I unlocked the car,… — Sarah Dessen
No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots… — Amelia Earhart
The marketing department uses many advanced techniques to match products and buyers in a way that mximizes profits. For example, they give away keychains. — Scott Adams
Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life,… — Henry B. Eyring
Love is a striking example of how little reality means to us. — Marcel Proust

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