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• An excellent weapon and luck had been on my side. To be successful, the best fighter pilot needs both.

  Adolf Galland

  Successful, Luck, Needs

  Adolf Galland (1954). “The first and the last: the rise and fall of the German fighter forces, 1938-1945”

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• Everything under heaven is in utter chaos; the situation is excellent.

  Mao Zedong

  Heaven, Chaos, Situation

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• It is false to say that humanity is the most excellent being in the universe. The most excellent being in the universe is the universe itself.

  Thomas Berry

  Humanity, Universe

  "Thomas Berry obituary" by Walter Schwarz, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2009.

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• An abundant supply of excellent water, forming a volume equal in bulk to the human body, is conveyed by one of these pipes, and distributed about the city, where it is used by the inhabitants for drink and other purposes.

  Hernando Cortes

  Cities, Water, Purpose

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• The atmosphere generated by the fans in Celtic's stadium for our visit was the most impressive I've ever witnessed. The grounds of Liverpool and Manchester United are good and the hostile feeling of playing against Real Madrid in the Bernabeu is also excellent, but the atmosphere against Celtic was the best.

  Xavi

  Real, Feelings, Atmosphere

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• This is an excellent martini — sort of tastes like it isn't there at all, just a cold cloud.

  Herman Wouk

  Clouds, Taste, Cold

  "The Winds of War". ABC miniseries, 1983.

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• My sons served excellent missions, and returned to participate in college athletics. In their letters home, and even now that they have been back for some time, they frequently mention that the experiences in the mission field were the choicest and most gratifying of their lives. You young men, begin to prepare yourselves now for this marvelous experience.

  LaVell Edwards

  Life, Home, Son

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• My life has been enriched by excellent human relations, work and interests. I have never felt lonely.

  Rita Levi-Montalcini

  Lonely, Relation, Interest

  "Nobel-winning biologist Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103" by Frances D'Emilio, www.nbcnews.com. December 30, 2012.

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• The best way to raise positive children in a negative world is to have positive parents who love them unconditionally and serve as excellent role models.

  Zig Ziglar

  Family, Friends, Children

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• In the past, (GM) produced a lot of very excellent vehicles but somehow they didn't excite anybody.

  Bob Lutz

  Past, Vehicle

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• This bowl has lived up to all the hype that I heard of it. Coaches...that have been here rave about the hospitality, rave about the venue and all the activities for the players. The people here have been marvelous. The bowl committee has bent over backwards to make sure that our stay is an excellent one. The players have something to do if they choose every day. You couldn't find a better place.

  Barry Alvarez

  Player, Hype, People

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• But, uh, censorship at that time said that you just absolutely couldn't do anything involving children and so we had to go from there. I don't remember what I changed it to. Duvall is just excellent in it.

  Robert Towne

  Children, Censorship, Remember

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• I think I would rather live on the verge of falling and let my security be in the all-sufficiency of the grace of God than to live in some pietistic illusion of moral excellence. Not that I don't want to be morally excellent but my faith isn't in the idea that I'm more moral than anybody else. My faith is in the idea that God and His love are greater than whatever sins any of us commit.

  Rich Mullins

  Fall, Thinking, Ideas

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• In Indiana we had a queen we named Alice which lived to the ripe old age of eight years and two months and did excellent work in her seventh year. There can be no doubt about the authenticity of this statement. We sold her to John Chapel of Oakland City, Indiana, and she was the only queen in his yard with wings clipped. This, however is a rare exception. At the time I was experimenting with artificial combs with wooden cells in which the queen laid.

  Jay Smith

  Queens, Eight, Cells

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• All newspaper writers have heard that the stuff they compose today has an excellent chance of being used to wrap tomorrow's mackerel.

  Ira Berkow

  Stuff, Today, Chance

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• A lobster bisque ought to be the crowning glory of the potager. And this one was excellent. Silky as a gigolo's compliment and fishy as a chancellor's promise.

  A. A. Gill

  Promise, Lobster, Compliment

  A.A. Gill (2010). “Table Talk: Sweet And Sour, Salt and Bitter”, p.45, Hachette UK

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• What we need to be assured of is not that we possess an excellent system of doctrine and ritual, but that the gift of the Holy Spirit is a reality.

  Roland Allen

  Reality, Missionary, Doctrine

  Roland Allen (2012). “Missionary Principles and Practice”, p.78, The Lutterworth Press

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• Sweden rejected fluoridation in the 1970s, and in this excellent book these three scientists have confirmed the wisdom of that decision. Our children have not suffered greater tooth decay, as World Health Organization figures attest, and in turn our citizens have not borne the other hazards fluoride may cause

  Arvid Carlsson

  Children, Book, Organization

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• An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they could leave. They left, abandoning the delegates unable to talk to each other in their native languages. The French head of the committee, who had insisted on speaking only in French throughout the week suddenly demonstrated the ability to speak excellent English with English-speaking delegates.

  Daniel Yergin

  Past, Native Language, Environmental

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• Several of our players at Stanford have used the J-Glove and J-Strap with excellent results. It is a very useful training tool for the player looking to improve both their shot and their percentage. I would recommend it to anyone looking for that extra edge.

  Tara VanDerveer

  Player, Training, Tools

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• If you are digging for excellent or suggestive renderings, this is among the richer mines.

  Steven T. Byington

  Digging, Rendering, Mines

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• What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Education, Science, Math

  Benjamin Franklin, Jared Sparks (1836). “Works: containing several political and historical tracts not included in any former edition ...”, p.69

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• Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.

  Laozi

  People, Leader, Taoism

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• Excellent warriors are not violent.

  Laozi

  Warrior, Taoism, Violent

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• Excellent soldiers are not furious.

  Laozi

  Soldier, Taoism, Furious

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