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I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life. ↗

— Oprah Winfrey

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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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As farmers or owners, the poor peasants possess a piece of land. The excellent means of transport enables them often to sell their goods. At the very worst they can mostly provide their own food. ↗

— Herman Gorter

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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

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I would rather excel others in the knowledge of what is excellent than in the extent of my powers and dominion. ↗

— Alexander the Great

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Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements. ↗

— D. W. Griffith

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The circuit training program along with a healthy clean diet is the way to excellent results. ↗

— Lee Haney

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Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. ↗

— Augustus Hare

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But, I don't want to assume that our tradition of excellence is a guarantee of future excellence. ↗

— Dave Heineman

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We often choose a friend as we do a mistress - for no particular excellence in themselves, but merely from some circumstance that flatters our self-love. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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