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Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples. — Niklaus Wirth
The attitude is we live and let live. This is actually an amazing change in values in a rather short time and it's an example… — Tom Wolfe
Learn from me, if not by my precepts, then by my example, how dangerous is the pursuit of knowledge and how much happier is that… — Mary Wollstonecraft
The growth of art seems to be in cycles, and often its vigorous lifetime is restricted to a century or two. The periods of distinctive… — George Edward Woodberry
To realize life in the abstract as noble or beautiful or humane, to set it forth so with radiance upon it, that is civilization in… — George Edward Woodberry
Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. For example, if I have evil intent and I galvanize that evil intent with many others, the… — Ravi Zacharias
I lose tons of stuff on the cutting room floor. For Scary Movie 3, for example, we had a lot of Matrix spoofs, a Hulk… — David Zucker
If you look at national economies today, for example, the American economy, the European economy, the Indians, the Chinese, we're all tied together. If one… — Frans de Waal
Popular culture bombards us with examples of animals being humanized for all sorts of purposes, ranging from education to entertainment to satire to propaganda. Walt… — Frans de Waal
There is a yearning for people to return to elementary moral virtues, such as integrity and commitment. We distrust people who have no centering of… — Geoff Mulgan
In general, men are wired to notice obvious signs that convey interest in mating - a warm smile, for example - and ignore other subtleties,… — Helen Fisher
NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example. — Hanna Rosin
Holding hands, for example, is a way to remember how it feels to say nothing together. — Nicole Krauss
What we require is not a formal return to tradition and religion, but a rereading, a reinterpretation, of our history that can illuminate the present… — Nawal El Saadawi
Thinking about something is like picking up a stone when taking a walk, either while skipping rocks on the beach, for example, or looking for… — Daniel Handler
There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but… — John Stuart Mill
He saw all these forms and faces in a thousand relationships become newly born. Each one was mortal, a passionate, painful example of all that… — Hermann Hesse
But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains! — Bill Watterson
Teachers can be a living example to their students. Not that teachers should look for students to idealize them. One who is worth idealizing does… — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Example moves the world more than doctrine. — Henry Miller

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