#exemplary

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. ↗

— Titus Livius

#actions #before #desirable #exemplary #eyes

We knew then what we know now; only exemplary blacks are acceptable. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#blacks #exemplary #knew #know #now

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#exemplary #liar #man #must #obvious

We have no desire to permanently rule over millions of Palestinians, who double their numbers every generation. Israel, which wishes to be an exemplary democracy, will not be able to bear such a reality over time. The Disengagement Plan presents the possibility of opening a gate to a different reality. ↗

— Ariel Sharon

#bear #democracy #desire #different #disengagement

Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#equality #exemplary #jackie #jackie robinson #make

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal. ↗

— Martin Amis

#boldly #every #exemplary #his #hopes

I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is very exemplary in her way. I look a lot like her, so I just had to do the opposite. Not that I got bad grades, but I was all about performance and just finding any way that I could to be involved in any kind of production. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#any #bad #could #did #elder

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation. ↗

— John Witherspoon

#conversation #exemplary #inward #justified #men

There's something in the moment when you can make them laugh or cry and show and incredibly compassionate side of life. I find that a really exemplary way to live. ↗

— Gedde Watanabe

#cry #exemplary #find #i #incredibly

My driving record is not exemplary, but I have never had a speeding ticket over 100 m.p.h. I can say that unequivocally. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

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