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I learned from the example of my father that the manner in which one endures what must be endured is more important than the thing… — Dean Acheson
Whenever calamity howlers shake their heads and impress upon you that this, that, and the next dire catastrophe is to befall this nation or the… — B. C. Forbes
I suppose the most marked example of color as structure is in the Byzantine use of mosaic decoration that becomes architecture. The decoration of the… — Van Day Truex
The point of Jesus' existence wasn't to lessen or diminish our appreciation of each other, but to expand our appreciation of each other by reminding… — Marianne Williamson
I have ever deemed it more honorable and more profitable, too, to set a good example than to follow a bad one. — Thomas Jefferson
Often you will find the opposite situation. The author seems to have interesting ideas, but he is not able to illustrate them with decent examples.… — Mark Dvoretsky
A lot of the difference between an IM and GM is a seriousness to the game. The GM is willing to go through all this.… — Nick de Firmian
Have you ever seen a chess article without a brilliant example of the author's own play? 'Silly question,' you will say. Quite. — Yuri Razuvaev
Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment. — Doug Larson
Social entrepreneurs are married to a vision of, for example, a better way of helping young people grow up or of delivering global healthcare. They… — Bill Drayton
It may be that for a long time some nations will continue to fight each other, but the example of those nations who prefer arbitration… — Randal Cremer
In truth, the Library includes all verbal structures, all variations permitted by the twenty-five orthographical symbols, but not a single example of absolute nonsense. — Jorge Luis Borges
In love, for example - the so-called love - we are 'related.' We appear to be related. We create the fallacy of a relationship, but… — Rajneesh
Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important. And we are called to… — Barack Obama
[Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected… — Saint Basil
[When anything happens, we interpret it as good or bad, but...] We do not know what is really good or bad fortune. [Only the future… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
You can find examples of how little we value ourselves everywhere you look. The signs on the front of the convenience stores where Stephen lives… — Bernie Siegel
No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time… — Douglas Hurd
Keep everything in perspective if you wish to be happy. For example... Losing an arm is more an inconvenience than a catastrophe. Things could be… — Eric Allin Cornell
No life is so hard that you can't make it easier by the way you take it for example by seeing it how it could… — Ellen Glasgow

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