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• The Son of God took our nature, and in it took upon himself to teach us by both word and example even to the point of death, thus binding us to himself through love.

  Peter Abelard

  Son, Teach, Binding

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• A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to grant the divorce on grounds of impotence, denial of conjugal rights, or unreasonable restriction of her freedom-for example, preventing her from attending funerals or wedding parties.

  Israel Shenker

  Religious, Husband, Party

  Israel Shenker (1985). “Coat of Many Colors: Pages from Jewish Life”, Doubleday Books

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• With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would give a comfortable living and sufficient leisure, in order to sacrifice to my gods [mathematical research]. For example, I hope to get the editting of the census, the birth and death lists in local districts, not as a job, but for my pleasure and satisfaction.

  Carl Friedrich Gauss

  Loyalty, Jobs, Science

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• Men have no better guidance than examples and facts proved by experience.

  Muhammad Abduh

  Men, Experience, Facts

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• An actor should be ready to play any role within reason. For example, I think the most ridiculous thing for me to do would be to try and play Shakespeare.

  Glenn Ford

  Thinking, Play, Trying

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• I don't think Donald Trump is a conservative. I think his line on China for example, that he's going to talk tough to China. China didn't create Social Security, Medicare. China isn't spending a fifth of a billion dollars every hour that it doesn't have.

  Mark Steyn

  Thinking, Dollars, Lines

  "Mark Steyn: RomneyCare Was A 'Technocratic Solution'". www.realclearpolitics.com. May 12, 2011.

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• A man, and a cat, and a dog, are all animals. These particular examples, as man, or dog, or cat, are parts of a bigger and more general concept, animal. The man, and the cat, and the dog, and the plant, and the tree, all come under the still more general concept, life. Again, all these, all beings and all materials, come under the one concept of existence, for we all are in it.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Dog, Cat, Men

  Swami Vivekananda (1955). “Complete Works”

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• The grey paintings, for example, a painted grey surface, completely monochromatic - they come from a motivation, or result from a state, that was very negative. It has a lot to do with hopelessness, depression and such things. But it has to be turned on its head in the end, and has to come to a form where these paintings possess beauty. And in this case, it's not a carefree beauty, but rather a serious one.

  Gerhard Richter

  Art, Motivation, Negative

  Gerhard Richter, Dietmar Elger, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (2009). “Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007”, Distributed Art Pub Inc

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• I believe that earning your living doing something you enjoy is one of the very best ways to nourish yourself. But even if you are employed at something that is not your ideal work, it is important to find ways to take as much pleasure in it as possible. Living in the present moment can make ordinary activities more interesting and joyful; you may be surprised, if you only look, at what you will find. If you try to stay connected with why you are doing what you are doing, for example, then even the parts of your life that aren't especially interesting can become more meaningful.

  Nathaniel Branden

  Meaningful, Work, Believe

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• I am supposed to set an example to young players.

  Zinedine Zidane

  Player, Young

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• We have a much bigger objective. We've got to look at the long run here. This is an example - the situation between the United Nations and Iraq - where the United Nations is deliberately intruding into the sovereignty of a sovereign nation.... Now this is a marvelous precedent (to be used in) all countries of the world.

  Stansfield Turner

  Running, Country, Money

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• San Francisco can start right now to become number one. We can set examples so that others will follow. We can start overnight. We don't have to wait for budgets to be passed, surveys to be made, political wheelings and dealings ... for it takes no money ... It takes no compromising to give the people their rights. It takes no money to respect the individual. It takes no political deal to give people freedom. It takes no survey to remove repression.

  Harvey Milk

  Rights, San Francisco, Numbers

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• Can a society in which thought and technique are scientific persist for a long period, as, for example, ancient Egypt persisted, or does it necessarily contain within itself forces which must bring either decay or explosion?

  Bertrand Russell

  Science, Egypt, Long

  Bertrand Russell (2016). “The Impact of Science on Society”, p.87, Routledge

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• It would be a miracle, for example, if I dropped a stone and it rose upwards. But is it no miracle that it falls to the ground?

  Alfred Polgar

  Fall, Rose, Miracle

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• For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example and precept can still be drawn.

  C. V. Wedgwood

  Past, Heroism, Good Company

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• For example I don't work with William Hurt the same way that I will work with Viggo. They're different guys and they work in different ways. So a good sensitive director has his general style and technique and personality that he uses but you don't impose that on the actors.

  David Cronenberg

  Hurt, Personality, Guy

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• The conduct of our lives is the true mirror of our doctrine.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Mirrors, Doctrine, Life Is

  Michel de Montaigne, Charles Cotton (1711). “Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne: In Three Books with Marginal Notes and Quotations. And an Account of the Author's Life. With a Short Character of the Author and Translator,”, p.231

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• I think 'G.I. Joe' is a perfect example of how I'm the world's worst businessman. If I were smart, I'd be writing 'World War Z Part 12', but I have to go where the muse leads, and I've always been a huge 'G.I. Joe' fan. I always wanted to know more about these characters, these little plastic figures I played with as a kid.

  Max Brooks

  War, Smart, Character

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. July 9, 2010.

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• As an actor, to go and see those shows - great plays like 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' and Clifford Odets's 'Golden Boy' - it's so exhilarating. I'd personally love to perform the role of Jerry in Edward Albee's 'The Zoo Story.' He's a transient, lost soul, and an example of humanity at its rawest.

  Keegan Allen

  Zoos, Boys, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a perfect example of the grumpy, old man. I'm really good at it.

  Ned Beatty

  Men, Perfect, Grumpy

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• Maybe if I could ever be a successful comedian then I could be an example that Christians can also have fun.

  Victoria Jackson

  Christian, Fun, Successful

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• Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa.

  Gerry Adams

  Taken, Use, Process

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• Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for example. You must be honest about the numbers, since our annual deficit now exceeds all discretionary spending combined.

  Brian Baird

  Taken, Cutting, Thinking

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• It's a special person - and personality - who can lead a start-up to soaring success and sustain that success for the long term. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg are star examples.

  Marcus Buckingham

  Jobs, Stars, Zuckerberg

  "What Can Zuckerberg Learn From Steve Jobs?" by Marcus Buckingham, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 8, 2012.

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• The amount of data and analysis available for free is a true example of information explosion has leveled the playing field for individual investors.

  Maria Bartiromo

  Data, Analysis, Level Playing Field

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