Example Quotes - Page 9

Whenever we say a person's name, notice whether we have stated more than a fact. For example, the judgment, 'She's thoughtless' goes beyond the facts 'She said she'd call me and she didn't.

Joko Beck

Names, Facts, Judgment

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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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I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people.

Dirk Benedict

Voice, People, Different

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In our western civilization we have the glorious example, the great standard of perfection and the teachings of the Christ to guide us. He acts for us as Mediator between our personality and our Soul.

Edward Bach

Teaching, Civilization, Perfection

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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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It surprises me how much children like me, you know? If they look at me as an example, I have a big responsibility.

Mario Balotelli

Children, Responsibility, Looks

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Stability can be a good thing, but it can also lead to apathy. I don't want to set that example for my children. I want them to believe in their dreams and to go after them. You do that by example.

Michael Easton

Dream, Children, Believe

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I like putting my money into things like food and shelter. I'm probably a bad example of an investor.

Simon Baker

Shelter, Investors

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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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Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.

Reverend Malcolm Boyd

Jesus, Role Models, Roles

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Some things are only capable of being done in space. Examples of that are looking at our Earth from that far away, and understanding the entire processes of storms and weather patterns, and oceans, and coastlines.

Laurel Clark

Ocean, Weather, Space

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And the terror itself is an example of the world's uncontrollability.

Ulrich Beck

World, Terror

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Because women and girls are not valued equally as human beings, they are treated as less than such. Female genital mutilation is one example of this that has to be stopped.

Waris Dirie

Girl, Female, Mutilation

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The support of organizations including the NY Jets, Canon USA, USA Football, and Outback Steakhouse is a great example of how corporate America can make an impact in bettering the communities where employees work and live.

Boomer Esiason

Football, Usa, Organization

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Tilda Swinton is a great example of a person who completely disappears into a role.

Jenna Fischer

Roles, Disappear, Persons

"Interview: Jenna Fischer on a Little Help, Dinner Theater, And Breaking the Pam Mold". Interview with Christine Champ, www.mtv.com. June 7, 2010.

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Clearly, many branches of science need an exquisite precision of timekeeping and the infinitesimal decimals of calibration, so space launches, for example, are not scheduled for leap-second dates. But society as a whole neither needs that obsessive time measurement nor is well served by it.

Jay Griffiths

Space, Needs, Branches

" The 'leap second' is a timely reminder" by Jay Griffiths, www.theguardian.com. June 29, 2012.

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If I did only one thing at a time I'd think I was wasting my time. If, for example, I only wrote novels I would feel like a charlatan and a fraud.

Peter Ackroyd

Thinking, Wasting My Time, Fraud

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People who read poetry, for example, like the feel, the heft and the smell of a book.

Simon Armitage

Book, Smell, People

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TV and film taught me to think cinematically. Teaching others to edit, for example, provides a great deal of insight into the millions of ways in which given elements can be put together to tell a story.

Alan Bradley

Teaching, Thinking, Together

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Feelings of worth come when a woman follows the example of the Master. Her sense of infinite worth comes from her own Christlike yearning to reach out with love, as He does.

Russell M. Nelson

Self Esteem, Feelings, Doe

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I would like to see the technology used to explore more period horror genre works, for example, E. A. Poe.

Robert Englund

Technology, Horror Genre, Used

"Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

Mark Twain

Business, Succeed, Axioms

Mark Twain (2016). “Mark Twain's Speeches”, p.226, Xist Publishing

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If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he was able to accomplish with art direction, photography, lighting, etc., it is still a gold standard for science fiction.

Matthew Modine

Photography, Art, Space

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One of the really remarkably beneficial aspects of genetic engineering is that much of the previous methodology for controlling pests and so forth is through chemicals that affect a very broad spectrum of insects, for example, or fungicides that control fungi.

Nina Fedoroff

Engineering, Pests, Chemicals

"Debating The Potential Danger Of Transgenic Weeds". "Science Friday" with Ira Flatow, www.npr.org. February 25, 2011.

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There's a point where art is not subjective, and my example for that is Picasso. If you don't like Picasso, that's your problem.

Danny Huston

Art, Problem, Subjective

"Danny Huston Does The Boogie Woogie". Interview with Aaron Hillis, www.ifc.com. April 21, 2010.

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