#example

The Indian economy grew at 5.5 percent, but if you look at the last 30 years - for example, 1960 to 1985 - the progress made by East Asian countries was phenomenal. In a single generation they had been able to transform the character of their economy. They were able to get rid of chronic poverty. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

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The most powerful moral influence is example. ↗

— Huston Smith

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Team GB's success at the Beijing Olympics can, in part, be said to have been made in Manchester. For example, all the cycling medal winners trained at Manchester's velodrome, the National Cycling Centre. ↗

— Lucy Powell

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There is no teaching to compare with example. ↗

— Robert Powell

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Our scientific age demands that we provide definitions, measurements, and statistics in order to be taken seriously. Yet most of the important things in life cannot be precisely defined or measured. Can we define or measure love, beauty, friendship, or decency, for example? ↗

— Dennis Prager

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The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples. ↗

— Willard Van Orman Quine

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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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A quick example of that is a woman who said she'd been healed of throat cancer where the faith healer admitted he touched her on the forehead. ↗

— James Randi

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I'm open to starting restaurants anywhere as long as the produce that's readily available is high quality. For example, I'm never doing a restaurant in Shanghai because I saw the produce available there, and it's just not good. I won't do a restaurant in Moscow for the same reason. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

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Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

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