#brightest

You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses. ↗

— Mary Antin

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It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. ↗

— Lillian Hellman

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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm. ↗

— Charles Caleb Colton

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I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

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You are part of that horrid expression, the best and the brightest. It can be a terrible burden if you let it be, but it is the great challenge of your time. And being a warrior in that challenge should be wondrous. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

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The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom. ↗

— Scott Walker

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Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there. ↗

— Scott Walker

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Eisenhower is my choice as the American of the 20th Century. Of all the men I've studied and written about, he is the brightest and the best. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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I truly believe the brightest days lie ahead for the Great State of Hawaii. ↗

— Linda Lingle

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I have been surrounded by some of the smartest, brightest, most caring lawyers, by agents who are willing to risk their lives for others, by support staff that are willing to work as hard as they can. ↗

— Janet Reno

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