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I got to get the right people in the right job. Because a lot of costs can be taken out in the context of your… — Meg Whitman
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. — Paul Ricoeur
We know that every father has a personal responsibility to do right by their kids - to encourage them to turn off the video games… — Barack Obama
A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old… — Ambrose Bierce
It is a good idea to know which publishers publish which stories. For example, there is no sense in sending a picture book text to… — Margaret Mahy
Every great example of punishment has in it some injustice, but the suffering individual is compensated by the public good. — Tacitus
Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How… — Roger Wicker
An artist need not be a minister or a collector in church, but he must have a warm heart for people, and I find it… — Vincent Van Gogh
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their "different drum": Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented… — Madeleine L'Engle
Never dreaming, was I, poor Jack Duluoz, that the soul is dead. That from Heaven grace descends . . . No Doctor Pisspot Poorpail to… — Jack Kerouac
In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about… — Pierre Omidyar
In my opinion turkey is the most over-rated critter for eating purposes in kingdom come but the most striking example we have of the power… — Damon Runyon
If some one loves a flower of which just one example exists among all the millions and millions of stars, that's enough to make him… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The main thing is to be honest with yourself, know and recognize your limits and attain maximum achievement within them. I would for example get… — Stirling Moss
I will do anything that is basically covered by the law to reduce Berkshire's tax rate. For example, on wind energy, we get a tax… — Warren Buffett
A guilty man is punished as an example for the mob; an innocent man convicted is the business of every honest citizen. — Jean de la Bruyere
More than sixty years ago, mathematical logicians, by defining precisely the concept of an algorithm, gave content to the ancient human idea of an effective… — David Berlinski
I could think of no worse example for nations abroad, who for the first time were trying to put free electoral procedures into effect, than… — Thomas Jefferson
There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone… — Roger Bacon
We wanted to set a good example for the growing number of divers watching. — Lloyd Bridges

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