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It [an ethical problem with in vitro fertilization] depends on whether you're talking ethics from the standpoint of some religious denomination or from just truly… — Patrick Steptoe
Ethics must begin at the top of an organization. It is a leadership issue and the chief executive must set the example. — Edward F. Hennessey
Personally I do not resort to force- not even the force of law- to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument, persuasion, and above all… — Rutherford B. Hayes
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style - voice - arrives on… — Bill Roorbach
Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not his advice. — Charles Kettering
Father of fathers, make me one, A fit example for a son. — Douglas Malloch
There is a special mystique about the marathon, for example, because of its length-but that's just the bit you do at the end of an… — Chrissie Wellington
His heritage to his children wasn't words or possessions, but an unspoken treasure, the treasure of his example as a man and a father. — Will Rogers, Jr.
I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make… — Giuliana Rancic
There are people who have never studied writing who are capable of being writers. I know this because I am an example. I was a… — Elizabeth Berg
English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin - a language… — Bill Bryson
It (the dash ) is a comfortable punctuation mark since even the most rigorous critic can seldom claim that any particular example of it is… — Bergen Evans
I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given. Children orientate towards examples. That's why I… — Kate Winslet
In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game… — Judit Polgar
As great a picture can be made as one's mental capacity-no greater. Art cannot be taught; it must be self-inspiration, though the imagination may be… — Edward Weston
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock
The personality and style of a photographer usually limits the type of subject with which he deals best. For example Cartier-Bresson is very interested in… — Alexey Brodovitch
If Confucius can serve as the Patron Saint of Chinese education, let me propose Socrates as his equivalent in a Western educational context - a… — Howard Gardner
It would be nonsense to say that it was not in the interests of a stone to be kicked along the road...A stone has no… — Peter Singer

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