Example Quotes - Page 31

• It would appear, from the best examples, that the proper way of beginning a preface to one's work is with a humble apology for having written at all.

  Ellen Glasgow

  Humble, Apology, Way

  Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow (1938). “Works”

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• I preach freedom of the mind through freedom of the body; women, for example - out of the prison of corsets.

  Isadora Duncan

  Mind, Body, Prison

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• I don't know when the cult of conspicuous busyness began, but it has swept up almost all the upwardly mobile, professional women I know. Already, it is getting hard to recall the days when, for example, 'Let's have lunch' meant something other than 'I've got more important things to do than talk to you right now.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Lunch, Important, Cult

  Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon

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• A fig-tree looking on a fig-tree becometh fruitful," says the Arabian proverb. And so it is with children; their first great instructor is example.

  Samuel Smiles

  Children, Tree, Firsts

  Samuel Smiles (1872). “Character”, p.33

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• Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.

  Joseph Joubert

  Fire, Religion, Alive

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Fear binds people together. And fear disperses them. Courage inspires communities: the courage of an example - for courage is as contagious as fear. But courage, certain kinds of courage, can also isolate the brave.

  Susan Sontag

  Courage, Fear, People

  Susan Sontag (2007). “At the Same Time: Essays and Speeches”, p.233, Macmillan

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• The pulpit only "teaches" to be honest; the market-place "trains" to overreaching and fraud; and teaching has not a tithe of the efficiency of training. Christ never wrote a tract, but He went about doing good.

  Horace Mann

  Teaching, Training, Honest

  Horace Mann (1857). “Demands of the Age on Colleges”, p.46

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• Buildings are seldom just buildings in downtown Chicago, they are Examples, and not a city on Earth, I swear, is as knowledgeably preoccupied with architectural meaning. Where else would a department store include in its advertisements the name of the architect who created it, or a newspaper property section throw in a scholarly exposition of theoretical design?

  Jan Morris

  Cities, Names, Design

  Jan Morris (1993). “Locations”, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Experience shows that the frequent use of severe punishment has never rendered a people better. The death of a criminal is a less effective means of restraining crimes than the permanent example of a man deprived of his liberty during the whole of his life to make amends for the injury he has done to the public.

  Catherine the Great

  Mean, Men, People

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• An alliance or coalition between Government and religion cannot be too carefully guarded against......Every new and successful example therefore of a PERFECT SEPARATION between ecclesiastical and civil matters is of importance........religion and government will exist in greater purity, without (rather) than with the aid of government.

  James Madison

  Successful, Government, Perfect

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• But the argument is still unsound, because the first premise is false: there are other unmentioned alternatives, for example, that Jesus as described in the gospels is a legendary figure, so that the trilemma is false as it stands.

  William Lane Craig

  Jesus, Religion, Alternatives

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• For one thing, there are many "inventions" that are not patentable. The "inventor" of the supermarket, for example, conferred great benefits on his fellowmen for which he could not charge them. Insofar as the same kind of ability is required for the one kind of invention as for the other, the existence of patents tends to divert activity to patentable inventions.

  Milton Friedman

  Patents, Benefits, Kind

  Milton Friedman (2009). “Capitalism and Freedom: Fortieth Anniversary Edition”, p.127, University of Chicago Press

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• Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors; early demos by famous musicians. Focus on these early examples, not what they became over the next 20 years. Remember that what you're doing will constantly improve.

  Derek Sivers

  Successful, Years, Tv Shows

  "Brave Interview: Derek Sivers". Interview with Margie Warrell, www.business2community.com. July 5, 2015.

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• Personal matters aren't really any of my business. I don't care who is sleeping with whom for example unless it is somehow affecting an individual's performance in the public arena.

  Terry Mosher

  Sleep, Care, Matter

  Source: www.cbc.ca

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• The great works belong to no one nation, no one cultural tradition even. They are universal.I want an Australian vision of arts policy that is expansive, is embracing, is not narrow, is not parochial. For example, that Australians can do Shakespeare just as well as Englishmen can because we, like every civilised nation, partake of the great canonical works. It's not about Australian nationalism; it's about our identity as a culturally ambitious, culturally sophisticated nation.

  George Brandis

  Art, Vision, Ambitious

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• Opera Australia has a mix - it produces new work, it produces from the classical repertoire and, particularly in more recent years, it's done those blockbuster musicals which are very lucrative for it and reach an audience that classic opera or a new opera perhaps wouldn't reach, like South Pacific for example.

  George Brandis

  Years, Australia, New Work

  Source: www.abc.net.au

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• I'm very proud of myself on my, whatever the literacy is, I'm pretentious, totally pretentious. I like to say 'hmm', for example.

  Tom Lehrer

  Proud, Literacy, Pretentious

  "The Music Show" with Andrew Ford, www.abc.net.au. July 8, 2006.

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• Obviously, you want to teach your child between right and wrong, respect and being kind to others, whether it's their sisters or parents. You try to teach them by example, talk to them and explain certain situations. But there's also a time to put them in time out or let them know they've made a mistake and try to learn from it.

  Eli Manning

  Children, Mistake, Parent

  "The Mannings On Fatherhood". Interview with Dave Golokhov, www.askmen.com.

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• Having three daughters, it is important for me to set a good example and teach them to make decisions that are healthy for your heart no matter what age you are.

  Martina McBride

  Daughter, Heart, Decision

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, World, Positive Things

  Source: bknation.org

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• I just want to leave a positive memory of setting an example and bringing our youth with us.

  Misty Copeland

  Memories, Want, Youth

  Source: bknation.org

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• There are certain songs that I like to listen to at certain times of the day. For example, first thing in the morning I love listening to "Flamenco Sketches" off of Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.

  Jon Foreman

  Song, Morning, Blue

  Source: blog.noisetrade.com

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• I think you can perform any poem. But what I believe is that the best examples of spoken word poetry I've ever seen, are spoken word poems that, when you see them, you're aware of the fact they need to be performed. That there's something about that poem that you would not be able to understand if you were just reading it on a piece of paper.

  Sarah Kay

  Believe, Reading, Thinking

  Source: saseye.com

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• I wanted to do the comic strip. I tried to get it syndicated, and I sent some examples to a syndication company, and they sent me a rejection letter! I wasn't smart enough at the time to realize you shouldn't let rejection letters stop you. I thought that rejection letter meant I was not allowed to be a cartoonist in this world, so I put the rejection letter down and said, well, I'll be a stand-up comedian.

  Brian Regan

  Smart, Rejection, Comedian

  Source: www.citypaper.com

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• Learning by example is valid, but when you have the information to know that turning in a certain direction can lead you to a very wrong place, most of the "blame" is on the individual.

  Ellen Hopkins

  Information, Blame, Individual

  Source: monsterlibrarian.com

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