Example Quotes
2828 quotes by 2145 authors
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We call ourselves a "capacity building" organization; self-motivated and self-initiated capacity building. For example, in 30 years, I don't think I have signed a check…
— Talal Abu-Ghazaleh
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There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of…
— Samuel Johnson
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In my cranky old age, I actually prefer recording alone now, on 'The Simpsons,' for example, because I find that the director can just focus…
— Hank Azaria
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If there's ever an example that military power alone cannot be successful in Afghanistan, I think it was the Soviet experience.
— Robert M. Gates
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All the world needs are examples of people capable of living out their dreams and fighting for their ideas.
— Paulo Coelho
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Tell your story: yes, tell your story! Give your example. Tell everyone that it's possible, and other people will then have the courage to face…
— Paulo Coelho
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An example is often a deceptive mirror, and the order of destiny, so troubling to our thoughts, is not always found written in things past
— Pierre Corneille
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Life is never going to be perfect, as much as we want it to be, and I have to lead by example.
— Patsy Kensit
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I am my little people's star and slave. When I go out into the barrios, I get dressed because I know my little people want…
— Imelda Marcos
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House Speaker Pelosi worried about the opposition, the tone of it, perhaps leading to violence as it did in the 70s. Theres more recent examples…
— David Gregory
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O God and Lord, now the council condemns even Your own act and Your own law as heresy, since You Yourself did lay Your cause…
— Jan Hus
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Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments and give up…
— Jeffery Deaver
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Here's an example of how it wastes some time. To be judged on or to be talked about on appearance—say chest size—it makes me wear…
— Sarah Palin
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Look at what the Omar of Qatar is doing, for example - the King of Morocco, Jordan, Bahrain. There are reform movements taking place, efforts…
— Frank Carlucci
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During my last year of college I wrote the same ten pages over and over again. Those ten pages became the first few pages of…
— Patricia Briggs
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For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the…
— Sergei Eisenstein
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It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.
— Jon Kyl
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If you want to get the spirit of the gospel in your home, support the missionary program. Prepare your sons and daughters through your home…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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The best examples of lies can be found there. To me, social media is the worst menace to society.
— Recep Tayyip Erdogan
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Unfortunately, what is thrown away is not only food and dispensable objects, but often human beings themselves, who are discarded as 'unnecessary.' For example, it…
— Pope Francis
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