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• I know - I'll play you for it," Alice suggested. "Rock, paper, scissors." Jasper chuckled and Edward sighed. "Why don't you just tell me who wins?" Edward said wryly. Alice beamed. "I do. Excellent.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Winning, Rocks, Play

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• Walking around nude in front of humans was not a good way to keep a low profile with the community. It was an excellent way to make new friends, though.

  Rachel Vincent

  Community, Way, New Friends

  Rachel Vincent (2016). “Rogue”, p.58, MIRA

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• Average is very acceptable in our society but I don't think the angels are applauding. If you are determined to be excellent, to not back out of it, you will reap a harvest in your life.

  Joyce Meyer

  Angel, Thinking, Average

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• Excellent." Captain nods. "Cabel. What's your job?" Watching in agony, sir." Captain suppressed a smile. "I'd make you stay home if I didn't know you'd sneak out, anyway. while you are watching in agony, feel free to take note of anyone who comes or goes that's not on the list.

  Lisa McMann

  Jobs, Home, Agony

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• You know what would help this boy?" Demeter mused. "Farming." Persephone rolled her eyes. "Mother-" "Six months behind a plow. Excellent character building.

  Rick Riordan

  Mother, Character, Eye

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• When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher.

  Frederic Chopin

  Life, Teacher, Philosophy

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• a most excellent man, though I could have wished his trousers not quite so tight in some places and not quite so loose in others.

  Charles Dickens

  Men, Trousers

  Charles Dickens (2016). “British Classics: Great Expectations”, p.318, The Planet

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• You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.

  John Flanagan

  Believe, May, Score

  John Flanagan (2011). “Oakleaf Bearers (Ranger's Apprentice Book 4)”, p.118, Random House

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• Here’s to freedom, cheers to art. Here’s to having an excellent adventure and may the stopping never start.

  Jason Mraz

  Art, Travel, Cheer

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• A people living under the perpetual menace of war and invasion is very easy to govern. It demands no social reform. It does not haggle over expenditures for armaments and military equipment. It pays without discussion, it ruins itself, and that is an excellent thing for the syndicates of financiers and manufacturers for whom patriotic terrors are an abundant source of gain.

  Anatole France

  Military, War, Patriotic

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• Do you know how fast you were going?" Fang looked at the speedometer..."No," he said truthfully. I tagged you at seventy miles per hour,"she said, pulling out a clipboard. I let out an impressed whistle. "Excellent! I never thought we'd be that fast." Fang shot me a look and I put my hand over my mouth.

  James Patterson

  Hands, Looks, Mouths

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• I am never taking a trip with either of you ever again.' Eve said. 'Ever.' Excellent' Shane said. 'Then next trip, we hit the strip bar.' I have a gun, Shane,' Eve sighed. What, you think i actually loaded yours?' Eve flipped him off, and Claire laughed.

  Rachel Caine

  Gun, Thinking, Bars

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.156, Penguin

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• My decision to begin research in radio astronomy was influenced both by my wartime experience with electronics and antennas and by one of my teachers, Jack Ratcliffe, who had given an excellent course on electromagnetic theory during my final undergraduate year.

  Antony Hewish

  Teacher, War, Science

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• Developing excellent COMMUNICATION skills is absolutely essential to effective leadership. The leader must be able to share knowledge and ideas to transmit a sense of urgency and enthusiasm to others. If a leader can't get a message across clearly and motivate others to act on it, then having a message doesn't even matter.

  Gil Amelio

  Motivational, Leadership, Communication

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• Complacency with our traditional judgement based thinking methods is not enough. Our existing thinking habits are excellent just as the rear wheel of a motor car is excellent but not enough. We need to put far more emphasis on creative and design thinking. Judgement and analysis are not enough.

  Edward de Bono

  Encouragement, Thinking, Car

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• A golf course outside a big town serves an excellent purpose in that it segregates, as though a concentration camp, all the idle and idiot well-to-do.

  Osbert Sitwell

  Golf, Purpose, Towns

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• The most excellent study of expanding the soul, is the science of Christ, and Him crucified, and the knowledge of the Godhead in the glorious Trinity.

  J. I. Packer

  Christian, Jesus, Soul

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• There is one transcending level, and this is the most excellent of all. This person is aware of the endlessness of entering deeply into a certain Way and never thinks of himself as having finished.

  Yamamoto Tsunetomo

  War, Thinking, Entering

  Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.54, Bottom of the Hill

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• What can be more excellent than prayer; what is more profitable to our life; what sweeter to our souls; what more sublime, in the course of our whole life, than the practice of prayer!

  Saint Augustine

  Prayer, Practice, Soul

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• That prince is highly esteemed who conveys this impression of himself, and he who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against; for, provided it is well known that he is an excellent man and revered by his people, he can only be attacked with difficulty.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Art, War, Men

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2010). “The Prince”, p.76, FastPencil Inc

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• Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, War, Opportunity

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• There are many who subscribe to the convention that service is a business cost, but our data demonstrates that superior service is an investment that can help drive business growth. Investing in quality talent, and ensuring they have the skills, training and tools that enable them to empathize and actively listen to customers are central to providing consistently excellent service experiences.

  Jim Bush

  Educational, Data, Skills Training

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• Customers today want the very most and the very best for the very least amount of money, and on the best terms. Only the individuals and companies that provide absolutely excellent products and services at absolutely excellent prices will survive.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Business, Educational

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• I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.

  George Washington

  Beer, America, Quality

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• Give yourself fully to your endeavors. Decide to construct your character through excellent actions and determine to pay the price of a worthy goal. The trials you encounter will introduce you to your strengths.

  Epictetus

  Character, Pay The Price, Volunteer

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