#ample

We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

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We cannot neglect the unemployed, underemployed and dislocated workers of America who need ample and widespread funding for federal job training services. ↗

— Joe Baca

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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established. ↗

— George Carlin

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There are many examples in high schools which show something about the effects such competition might have. ↗

— James S. Coleman

#competition #effects #examples #high #high schools

The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

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We have lost one shuttle for every 57 flights and that is not a good ratio. I do believe we need to continue space flights, but maybe we can follow the example of the Russians and use unmanned vehicles to transport hardware into space. ↗

— Lincoln Davis

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And I always read the English translation and always have conversations with my translator, for example about the names. I always have to approve it. ↗

— Cornelia Funke

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The best example of how impossible it will be for Major League Baseball to crack down on steroids is the fact that baseball and the media are still talking about the problem as "steroids." ↗

— Malcolm Gladwell

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The World Development Movement, to take just one example, is doing good work. Some political parties are, too. ↗

— Susan George

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I grew up with an artist father, and my parents' friends were also mainly artists or writers, so he connects what I do with his example. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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