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• I think we all want to be Gisele Bündchen. Whether it inspires. Not only for her beauty. Successful she is, is a businesswoman, is an activist, a good mother is a strong woman and a good example to all the powerful women . Everybody wants to know what she does or says, rather than what she wears.

  Erin Heatherton

  Mother, Strong Women, Powerful

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• A fast word about oral contraception. I was involved in an extremely good example of oral contraception two weeks ago. I asked a girl to go to bed with me, she said 'no'.

  Woody Allen

  Girl, Two, Bed

  "Standup Comic". 1999.

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• A return to first principles in a republic is sometimes caused by the simple virtues of one man. His good example has such an influence that the good men strive to imitate him, and the wicked are ashamed to lead a life so contrary to his example.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Simple, Men, Good Man

  Niccolo Machiavelli (2017). “The Prince”, p.99, Race Point Publishing

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• The materialism, the brashness, the misogyny - everything in hip-hop is amplified. Misogyny is a good example of something that is completely amplified in hip-hop. I do think there is more than enough of a balance, though, for fans who are willing to search it out.

  Talib Kweli

  Thinking, Hip Hop, Balance

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• I've tried to handle winning well, so that maybe we'll win again, but I've also tried to handle failure well. If those serve as good examples for teachers and kids, then I hope that would be a contribution I have made to sport. Not just basketball, but to sport.

  Mike Krzyzewski

  Basketball, Sports, Teacher

  American Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 22, 1997.

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• If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees.

  Ingvar Kamprad

  Leadership, Business, Ikea

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

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• There are domains in which expertise is not possible. Stock picking is a good example. And in long-term political strategic forecasting, it's been shown that experts are just not better than a dice-throwing monkey.

  Daniel Kahneman

  Long, Political, Example

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• Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.

  Douglas Horton

  Thinking, Example, Deeds

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• The big secret to winning elections is to get more votes than your opponent. My friend Representative Robin Hayes is a good example to study.

  Jesse Helms

  Winning, Secret, Opponents

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• I could sit there and eat pasta all day long and not worry about it when I was younger, and now I really have to focus on making sure I set a good example for my kids.

  Mia Hamm

  Kids, Long, Worry

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• I just feel that the only power I have is setting a good example.

  Geri Halliwell

  Example, Feels, Settings

  "Geri blossoms". Interview with Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. April 14, 2007.

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• The professionals must set a good example.

  A. Bartlett Giamatti

  Example

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• If you can't be a good example, you'll just have to be a horrible warning." -Gwen Goodnight

  Jennifer Crusie

  Inspirational, Dance, Example

  Jennifer Crusie (2011). “Faking It”, p.17, Macmillan

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• If you can't be a good example, then be a terrible warning.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Inspirational, Warning, Example

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• A good example of the modern world is the Eurotunnel. And mobile phones - I like them.

  Jools Holland

  Phones, Example, World

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• The longer men sin, the more easily they can; for every act of transgression weakens conscience, stupefies intellect, hardens hearts, adds force to bad habits, and takes force from good example. And, surely, there is nothing in such associations; as wicked affinities will insure to the sinner in the future state, to incline him to repentance.

  Edward Thomson

  Heart, Men, Wicked

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• Space has not changed but technology has, in many cases, improved dramatically. A good example is digital technology where today's cell phones are far more powerful than the computers on the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module that we used to navigate to the moon and operate all the spacecraft control systems.

  Neil Armstrong

  Powerful, Moon, Technology

  Interview at "The New Space Race", August 2007.

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• I have never had parents who set good examples, parents whose expectations were worth living up to, but she did. I can see them within her, the courage and the beauty they pressed into her like a handprint.

  Veronica Roth

  Expectations, Parent, Example

  Veronica Roth (2015). “Allegiant Collector's Edition”, p.32, HarperCollins

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• Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Motivational, Business

  Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 19, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar" (1894)

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• The Vienna Franks are a good example of urban white acid folk revivalism crossed with ska.

  Douglas Coupland

  White, Example, Vienna

  Douglas Coupland (2015). “Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture”, p.120, Hachette UK

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• I could get drunk and run around Nashville naked. But I won't because I want to set a good example for my fans. I think they deserve to have a role model.

  Taylor Swift

  Running, Thinking, Nashville

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• If I couldn't be a good example, I'd just have to be a horrible warning.

  Darynda Jones

  Inspirational, Dance, Example

  Darynda Jones (2015). “The Charley Davidson Series”, p.216, St. Martin's Press

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• Look at Charlie Brown's face. Would you please hold still a minute Charlie Brown? I want Linus to study your face. Now this is what you call a failure face, Linus. Notice how it has failure written all over it. Study it carefully Linus. You rarely see such a good example. Notice the deep lines, the dull vacant look in the eyes. Yes, I would say this is one of the finest examples of a failure face that your liable to see for a long while.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Eye, Long, Dull

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• No kind action ever stops with itself. One kind action leads to another. Good example is followed. A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees. The greatest work that kindness does to others is that it makes them kind themselves.

  Amelia Earhart

  Spiritual, Kindness, Spring

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• The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Positive, Forgiveness, Respect

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