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“The moments that you share with a person do not stop when that person is not in your life anymore. The relationship that I had with my father did not stop when he passed away. An example is me doing the Pacific swim. If I didn't have the father that I had I wouldn't be doing this. We had a close connection in life, and I still carry that connection in following my dream. This is because of my parents, the closeness that we had and what we share together.”

Ifs Persons Stills Moments Dream Together Father Parent Share Example Connections Following Swim Pacific Closeness Passed Away Following My Dreams

Author:Benoit Lecomte

“Glee is only one example - there are a lot of shows, adult shows online. I just don't understand why we've decided that we want to throw everything we can out there on the Internet, I don't know how it helps us. I think being exclusive, that you can only see something on CBS, you can only see something on ABC, is a good thing.”

Thinking Knows Want Helping Shows Know How Example Internet Adults Decided Good Things Online Exclusive Glee

Author:Edward Allen Bernero

“I am not against standardized tests. There are tests and tests and tests, and, to simplify, the ones I favor are criterion-referenced tests of skills, aligned with the curriculum. Social and emotional skills are important but skills are too. I find it heartbreaking that this is so often seen as an either-or choice. To get to the richness of studying literature, for example, you must first be an adept and confident reader. Whether you are is something a good test can measure.”

Firsts Important Choices Literature Social Study Example Emotional Reader Skills Tests Favors Criteria Richness Simplify Heartbreaking Curriculum Adept Either Or Studying Literature

Author:Nicholas Lemann

“So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs.”

Long Government Death Literature Individual Peace Enemy Example Killing Anti War

Book:A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

Source: A Message to Garcia and Thirteen Other Things: As Written

“The Arab countries in the Middle East have for decades demonized Israel, to Western leadership, which for reasons not entirely clear, listen to them politely. The Bush Administration, for example, was infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood years before Obama began mainstreaming them and allowing them to have positions of influence within the White House.”

Years Country Reason House White Clear Influence Middle Example Position Western Israel East Decades Administration White House Allowing Brotherhood Middle East Muslim Brotherhood

Author:Manfred Gerstenfeld

“I think I lead by example. I don't talk much. I talk when it's needed, but I just go out there and play hard every day and do it the right way.”

Thinking Way Hard Play Example Needed Right Way Play Hard

Author:Jrue Holiday

“We only have one penal code in the United States, and it applies in every single state, every city, no matter who is there. This is part of the fear mongering, that has gripped the United States, the notion that we need to pass a law forbidding the institution of a foreign Law in the United States when it is forbidden by the constitutions is yet another example of targeting Muslim communities because they are seen as different, or exceptional in other ways.”

Way Needs Different Matter States Law Community United Cities United States Example Constitution Institutions Notion Code Forbidden Exceptional Muslim Community Fear Mongering

Author:Mark Durie

“Islam has values, following the Koran and the example of Mohammed and they form people very profoundly and for some Muslims it creates a vision of a very different society and a hope it will be established.”

People Different Form Values Vision Example Islam Following

Author:Mark Durie

“I just try to live the right way the best I can. I make plenty of mistakes but I just try to do the best I can and be a great example for my kids.”

Way Trying I Can Kids Mistake Example Plenty Right Way Do The Best

Author:John Salmons

“It is not possible to starve an organised terrorist group because it is number one a state, so it levies taxation inside the territory that is controlled by Islamic State. But also the activity, for example the smuggling of oil, is taking place in an area which is a war zone. So of course people will buy that oil because they don't have any alternative. So even if we wanted to stop that kind of trade, it will be very, very difficult to do that.”

“An index fund is a fund that simply invests in all of the stocks in a market. So, for example, an index fund might invest in every single stock or almost every single stock in the U.S. market, it might invest in every single stock abroad, or it might invest in all of the bonds that are out there. And you can make a perfectly fine investing portfolio that mixes equal parts of all three of those.”

Might Three Example Fine Equal Investing Fund Portfolios Index Funds

Author:William J. Bernstein

“I guess the prime example is in North America there's a thing where if there's no opportunity to move forward with the puck, then a [hockey] player is told to dump the puck into the other zone. Just give up the puck and dump it in. Give it to the other team. And to the Soviet mentality in coaching, it just doesn't make any sense. If you're a skilled player, why are you going to give the puck away to the other team? Just give it away, right?”

Ifs Giving America Moving Opportunity Player Team Example Giving Up Moving Forward Coaching Zone Prime Hockey Soviet Mentality Dump North America Puck Just Give Up Hockey Player

Author:Gabe Polsky

“A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. I should be happy that my own experience had afforded fewer examples of the little dependence to be placed upon them.”

Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States

“The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.”

Giving States America United Liberty United States Mankind Policy Example Citizens Conscience Worthy Imitation United States Of America Citizenship Immunity Religious Bigotry

Book:George Washington on religious liberty and mutual understanding: selections from Washington's letters

Source: George Washington on religious liberty and mutual understanding: selections from Washington's letters

“We shall have to stop looking askance on trends in relation to sex merely as a reproductive capability, i.e. that it is normal to make babies. Society will have to change in its assessment of what the proclivities of humanity may be. Our viewpoints on homosexuality, for example, may have to be reconsidered and more wisely adjusted.”

May Humanity Sex Example Baby Normal Relation Trends Capability Homosexuality Viewpoints Assessment

Author:R. Buckminster Fuller

“The sanctuary of peace dwells within. Seek it out and all things will be added to you. We're coming closer and closer to the time when enough of us will have found inner peace to affect our institutions for the better. And as soon as this happens the institutions will in turn, through example, affect for the better those who are still immature.”

Stills Enough Happens Turns Found Example All Things Institutions Inner Peace Sanctuary Immature

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“Implanting spiritual ideas in children is very important. Many people live their entire lives according to the concepts that are implanted in them in childhood. When children learn they will get the most attention and love through doing constructive things, they will tend to stop doing destructive things. Most important of all, remember that children learn through example. No matter what you say it is what you do that will have an influence on them.”

People Children Important Ideas Matter Remember Spiritual Attention Influence Childhood Example Concepts And Love No Matter What Destructive Constructive Attention And Love

Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

“The iron rail proved a magicians' road. It virtually reduced England to a sixth of its size. It brought the country nearer to the town and the town to the country.... It energized punctuality, discipline, and attention; and proved a moral teacher by the influence of example.”

Country Attention Moral Teacher Influence Example Discipline England Towns Size Iron Magician Rail Punctuality

Author:Samuel Smiles

“Things are much more complicated. Feminism versus pornography, for example. There are a lot of feminists who think it is bad, but others think it's good. I have become, you might call it mature - I would call it senile - and I can see both sides. But you can't write a satirical song with 'but on the other hand' in it, or 'however'. It's got to be one-sided.”

Thinking Writing I Can Hands Might Song Sides Feminism Example Feminist Complicated Mature Both Sides Versus Pornography Satirical One Sided Senile

Author:Tom Lehrer

“So far from being an isolated phenomenon the late war is only an example of the disruptive result that we may constantly expect from the progress of science.”

May War Results Progress Example Late Phenomenon Isolated Disruptive

Author:John B. S. Haldane

“For us Catholics, John Paul II will be remembered as a traveling Pope ... and we should also remember he preached world peace. When the United States invaded Iraq, for example, John Paul II said it was an illegal and immoral act.”

World Should Said States Remember United United States Example Catholic Iraq Remembered Illegal Pope Immoral John Paul John Paul Ii

Author:Hugo Chavez

“The task of the church, for example, becomes less that of indoctrinating or relating people to an external divine power and more that of providing opportunities for people to touch the infinite center of all things and to grow into all that they are destined to be.”

People Opportunity Grows Church Example Divine All Things Tasks Infinite Providing Destined Divine Power

Author:John Shelby Spong

“Jeff [Gordon] doesn't sit down and explain things. We don't sit and have meetings where I'm the student. He really teaches by example. I've learned a lot on and off the racetrack.”

Teach Example Students Down And Meetings I've Learned And Off

Author:Jimmie Johnson

“Growing up, Magic Johnson was my idol. He was a good example. He could always pass the ball extremely well and get his teammates involved.”

Wells Growing Up Growing Magic Example Involved Balls Idols Teammate Johnson Good Examples

Author:Jason Kidd

“The overarching goal of Tesla is to help reduce carbon emissions and that means low cost and high volume. We will also serve as an example to the auto industry, proving that the technology really works and customers want to buy electric vehicles.”

Want Mean Helping Goal Technology Example Industry Cost Prove Lows Customers Vehicle Electric Volume Carbon Emissions Tesla Carbon Emissions Auto Industry Electric Vehicles

Author:Elon Musk

“When I make commitments I like to stick to them, especially when I'm giving back to kids. Just giving them an example of what they can achieve. I love giving back to kids. It's fantastic.”

Giving Kids Achieve Example Commitment Sticks Fantastic Giving Back

Author:Maria Sharapova

“Non-cooperative approaches, by contrast, almost always involve duplication of effort, since someone working independently must spend time and skills on problems that already have been encountered and overcome by someone else. A technical hitch, for example, is more likely to be solved quickly and imaginatively if scientists (including scientists from different countries) pool their talents rather than compete against one another.”

Ifs Has Beens Different Country Problem Effort Talent Example Skills Approach Scientist Overcoming Including Pool Contrast End Times Spend Time Cooperatives Different Countries Duplication

Author:Alfie Kohn

“I'm kind of a quiet leader, and I just try to lead by example. But then sometimes you have to say something.”

Trying Kind Sometimes Leader Example Quiet

Author:Chamique Holdsclaw

“I'm not a guy who is going to make a lot of noise. I hope to lead by example.”

Guy Example Noise

Author:Todd Helton

“I lead by example. But if I get pissed enough, I'll say something. It usually isn't rah-rah; it's more complaining.”

Ifs Enough Example Complaining

Author:Brian Urlacher

“I was brought up on choirs and brass bands. They formed the music of my childhood. When I heard the Treorchy Male Choir at the Royal Variety Performance it brought back such happy memories. You have your own eminent place in the history of British music. You stand for excellence in a great tradition and your work for charity is both an example and an inspiration.”

Inspiration Memories Heard Childhood Example Band Tradition Performances Excellence Charity Males British Variety Royal Choir Brass Happy Memories Brass Bands British Music

Author:Michael Parkinson

“Leadership used to be about ideas, setting an example and doing the right thing. Today, if you make enough money for the firm (and are not currently an ax murderer) you will be promoted into a position of influence.”

Ifs Ideas Enough Today Used Influence Example Position Setting Used To Be Settings Firm Right Thing Murderer Doing The Right Thing Setting An Example

Author:Greg Smith

“Whoever is planted in the Tao will not be rooted up. Whoever embraces the Tao will not slip away. Her name will be held in honor from generation to generation. Let the Tao be present in your life and you will become genuine. Let it be present in your family and your family will flourish. Let it be present in your country and your country will be an example to all countries in the world. Let it be present in the universe and the universe will sing. How do I know this is true? By looking inside myself.”

Knows World Country Universe Names Generations Example Honor Embrace Genuine Our Family Slips Rooted Tao

Author:Laozi

“Refrain from following the example of those whose craving is for attention, not their own improvement.”

Attention Example Following Improvement Craving Refrain

Author:Seneca the Younger

“The more informative your advertising, the more persuasive it will be. Before people making a buying decision, they have many questions. For example, why they should buy from you, why your product is better than other similar products, why they should trust you, and why they should buy it now, etc.”

People Should Decision Example Products Advertising Buying Etc Persuasive Informative

Author:David Ogilvy

“I have a theory that the best ads come from personal experience. Some of the good ones I have done have really come out of the real experience of my life, and somehow this has come over as true and valid and persuasive. People love to read stories. They like to know you as a real person who has your struggle, pain, success and failure, etc. One well-known example is Jared Fogle's weight loss story which made millions of dollars for Subway. Start to collect your stories from today and use them in your ad campaigns.”

“As president, I watched in wonder as Nelson Mandela had the remarkable capacity to forgive his jailers following 26 years of wrongful imprisonment - setting a powerful example of redemption and grace for us all.”

Years President Powerful Wonder Grace Example Capacity Forgiving Following Setting Settings Redemption Remarkable Imprisonment Nelson Jailer

Author:George H. W. Bush

“If you set the example you will not have to set the rules.”

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Book:See You at the Top

Source: See You at the Top

“Your life, my life, the life of each one of us is going to serve as either a warning or an example. A warning of the consequences of neglect, self-pity, lack of direction and ambition... or an example of talent put to use, of discipline self-imposed, and of objectives clearly perceived and intensely pursued.”

Self Use Talent Example Discipline Ambition Consequence Objectives Pity Neglect Warning Pursued Self Pity

Author:Jim Rohn

“I would say that my role model, as far as just somebody leading by example, which to me is what a great youth counselor does - they are there to talk to and lead by example - would be my mom, but she wasn't a youth counselor. She was a teacher, and she is a good person and definitely one of the biggest influences in my life.”

Persons Doe Would Be Roles Teacher Influence Example Youth Mom Models My Mom Role Models Good Person Counselor

Author:Carrie Underwood

“I do believe that we all are, fundamentally, divided creatures. Emotions split from intellect, spirit from flesh and far too often sexuality is disconnected from what we feel, and are, as total human beings. But how, for example, can anyone have an understanding of the virgin if they don't also have an understanding of the prostitute, the saint and sinner in one body?”

Ifs Feels Believe Humans Body Spirit Understanding Human Beings Emotion Example Creatures Saint Intellect Sexuality Flesh Sinner Divided Splits Virgins Disconnected Saints And Sinners

Author:Tori Amos

“I am sorry they began their deliberations by so abominable a precedent as that of tying up the tongues of their members. Nothing can justify this example but the innocence of their intentions and ignorance of the value of public discussions. I have no doubt that all their other measures will be good and wise. It is really an assembly of demigods.”

Source: Memoirs, 2: Correspondence and Private Papers

“If army ants are wandering around and they get lost, they start to follow a simple rule:Just do what the ant in front of you does. The ants eventually end up in a circle. There's this famous example of one that was 1,200 feet long and lasted for two days; the ants just kept marching around and around in a circle until they died.”

Ifs Long Doe Two Ends Lost Simple Feet Fronts Example Army Died Circles Wander Ants Two Days Wandering Around

Author:James Surowiecki

“Jesus stands absolutely alone in history; in teaching, in example, in character, an exception, a marvel, and He is Himself the evidence of Christianity.”

Character Jesus Christianity Teaching Example Evidence Exception

Book:Many Infallible Proofs: A Series of Chapters on the Evidences of Christianity, Or, The Written and Living Word of God

Source: Many Infallible Proofs: A Series of Chapters on the Evidences of Christianity, Or, The Written and Living Word of God

“The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them is costly and adds nothing to our security. I can think of no circumstances under which it would be wise for the United States to use nuclear weapons, even in retaliation for their prior use against us. What, for example, would our targets be? It is impossible to conceive of a target that could be hit without large-scale destruction of many innocent people?”

“Be what you wish your children to be. Parents have perpetuated by precept and example their own stamp of character to their posterity.”

Children Character Wish Parent Example Our Children Your Children Stamps Posterity

Book:Signs of the Times Articles - Book III of III

Source: Signs of the Times Articles - Book III of III

“Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene is a classic example of science fiction.”

Fiction Example Science Fiction Selfish Classic Genes Selfish Gene

Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“An observer will see the bizarre developments of behavior only in alien cultures, not his own. Nevertheless this is obviously a local and temporary bias. There is no reason to suppose that any one culture has seized upon an eternal sanity and will stand in history as a solitary solution of the human problem. Even the next generation knows better. Our only scientific course is to consider our own culture, so far as we are able, as one example among innumerable others of the variant configurations of human culture.”

“The novel is the highest example of subtle interrelatedness that man has discovered.”

Men Novel Example Highest Subtle Interrelatedness

Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)

“There is a kitsch of death. For example, death transformed into sweet sleep: The 'good night, sweet prince' of the last scene of Hamlet.”

Lasts Night Sleep Example Sweet Scene Transformed Good Night Kitsch Sweet Sleep

Author:Saul Friedlander

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