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I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you… — Gloria Estefan
Unfairly but truthfully, our party has been tagged as being against things. Anti-immigrant, for example. And were not a party of anti-immigrants. Quite the opposite.… — George W. Bush
Those of us placed in a position of leadership must be prepared to grasp the nettle if we unite in doing so, and if, in… — Obafemi Awolowo
It's funny, because my last record was a lot about isolation and people living in separate worlds that other people can't even understand, which drug… — Aimee Mann
And if we are to open employment opportunities in this country for members of all races and creeds, then the Federal Government must set an… — John F. Kennedy
The prime role of a leader is to offer an example of courage and sacrifice. — Regis Debray
History is philosophy teaching by example and also by warning. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
For example, Michael Jordan earns $100million a year but continues to play basketball and remains a modest human being. — Franz Beckenbauer
Any teammate of mine that had a kid and a boy that was capable of playing baseball, I think I set a terrific example of… — Bob Uecker
Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
I didnâ€™t hear words that were accurate, much less prideful. For example, I never once heard the word clitoris. It would be years before I… — Gloria Steinem
I'm happy to respect authority when it's genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I'm eager to follow a hero if… — Edward Abbey
A leader leads from in front, by the power of example. A ruler pushes from behind, by means of the club, the whip, the power… — Edward Abbey
Vladimir Nabokov was a writer who cared nothing for music and whose favorite sport was the pursuit, capture, and murder of butterflies. This explains many… — Edward Abbey
Shakespeare wrote great poetry and preposterous plays. Who really cares, for example, which petty tyrant rules Milan? Or who succeeds to the throne of Denmark?… — Edward Abbey
Edmund Wilson was our greatest American literary critic because he was more than a literary critic: He was a fearless, even radical judge of the… — Edward Abbey
Who's straight? I'm not. I am bent gouged pinched and tugged at, and squeezed into this funny shape. Each life is a game of chess… — Martin Amis
Sir, no nation has ever yet existed or been governed without religion. Nor can be.Â The Christian religion is the best religion that has been… — Thomas Jefferson
I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that… — George Washington
Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell; and George the Third â€” ['Treason!' cried the Speaker] â€” may profit by their example. If… — Patrick Henry

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