Quotes by category:Example

I love things that age well - things that don't date, that stand the test of time and that become living examples of the absolute best.

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I think you have a lot of examples on TV of what not to do, you don't have a lot of examples of what to do.

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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.

George Washington

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I was hoping to be a healthy example, because we can't all look like all of these actresses and the models you see on the covers of magazine. And they aren't doing it healthfully anyway, I promise you.

Ginnifer Goodwin

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I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it. To make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.

Giuliana Rancic

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I can't frankly see much difference in the film industry at all. The only difference might be that they don't take as much time as they used to. For example, they'll do in one day what we used to take a week to do.

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Art, music, and philosophy are merely poignant examples of what we might have been had not the priests and traders gotten hold of us.

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I mean, if you've ever been a governor of a state, you understand the vast potential of broadband technology, you understand how hard it is to make sure that physics, for example, is taught in every classroom in the state. It's difficult to do. It's, like, cost-prohibitive.

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I think that the only way to teach is by example, as children will more easily follow what they see you do than what you tell them to do.

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Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent.

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The Commander in Chief directs that Divine service be performed every Sunday at 11 o'clock...It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men.

George Washington

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Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then... by George Herbert

Infants manners are moulded more by the example of Parents, then by stars at their nativities.

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There are some examples of medieval kings who were terrible human beings but were nevertheless good kings.

George R. R. Martin

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It is not wise, or even possible, to divorce private behavior from public leadership.... By its very nature, true leadership carries with it the burden of being an example.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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There were sins that were too subtle to be explained, and there were others that were too terrible to be clearly mentioned. For example, there was sex, which was always smouldering just under the surface and which suddenly blew up into a tremendous row when I was about twelve.

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Since I've been hired to contribute to the storyline of 'Doom 4' I can say what was always true anyway. I'm working. You see, for a writer, lots of stuff that doesn't look like working is actually working. Looking out of the window, for example. Balancing a pencil on the edge of the desk in order to find its exact fulcrum. Playing 'Doom.

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The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters an... by Gloria Steinem

The best way for us to cultivate fearlessness in our daughters and other young women is by example.

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If being a gangster were a prerequisite to being a musician, there'd be a lot less cello music, for example.

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Let us take a little time to meditate, to think of what we can do to improve our lives and to become better examples of what a Latter-day Saint should be.

Gordon B. Hinckley

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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.

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