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Immanuel Kant Philosopher

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"Of all the arts poetry (which owes its origin almost entirely to genius and will least be guided by precept or example) maintains the first rank."

Art Example Poetry

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Mao Zedong Politician, Revolutionary

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"Stalin made mistakes. He made mistakes towards us, for example, in 1927. He made mistakes towards the Yugoslavs too. One cannot advance without mistakes... It is necessary to make mistakes. The party cannot be educated without learning from mistakes. This has great significance."

Party Mistake Example

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Jack Miller Artist

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"Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature."

Lying Example Uplifting

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Astrophysicist, Science Communicator

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"If our solar system is not unusual, then there are so many planets in the universe that, for example, they outnumber the sum of all sounds and words ever uttered by every human who has ever lived. To declare that Earth must be the only planet with life in the universe would be inexcusably bigheaded of us."

Would Be Sound Example

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Marcus Tullius Cicero Politician, Philosopher, Orator

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"Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent."

Thinking Men Example

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Gerry Adams Politician

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"Sinn Fein has productively taken the example of South Africa and, as we develop the peace process, we continue to use examples from South Africa."

Use Taken Example

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Noam Chomsky Linguist, Philosopher, Activist

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"You never know how [Donald Trump] is going to react. When he learned for example that he'd lost the election by about three million votes, his instant reaction was insanity; you know, three to five million illegal immigrants somehow were organized in some incredible fashion to vote."

Fashion Example Insanity

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Leonardo DiCaprio Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist

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"We must set an example now and move environmentalism from being the philosophy of a passionate minority ... to a way of life that automatically integrates ecology into governmental policy and normal living standards."

Moving Philosophy Example

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Henry David Thoreau Writer, Philosopher

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"There are old heads in the world who cannot help me by their example or advice to live worthily and satisfactorily to myself; but I believe that it is in my power to elevate myself this very hour above the common level of my life."

Believe Advice Example

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist

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"Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances."

Literature Discipline Example

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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist

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"In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service."

Political Age Example

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John Stuart Mill Philosopher, Political Economist

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"There is always need of persons not only to discover new truths, and point out when what were once truths are true no longer, but also to commence new practices, and set the example of more enlightened conduct, and better taste and sense in human life."

Practice Atheism Example

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Judah Smith Pastor

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"It is absolutely essential to have a living visible example of what a Christian ought to be."

Christian Example Essentials

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Jrue Holiday Basketball Player

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"I think I lead by example. I don't talk much. I talk when it's needed, but I just go out there and play hard every day and do it the right way."

Thinking Example Play Hard

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Joseph Joubert Essayist, Moralist

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"Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated."

Fire Religion Example

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Martha Smith Actress

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"There was a lot of protest after Bravo, from countries like India, for example. India was the first country which came forward and proposed at the United Nations that all of these nuclear tests should be stopped, that there should be a complete ban on nuclear testing."

Country Example India

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Mayer Hawthorne Singer-songwriter, Producer

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"James Brown is the perfect example of flashy but classy. Classy doesn't have to mean boring. His gear was flamboyant but without being so over the top. The cape was probably the biggest part of his persona. He looked like Superman."

Mean Perfect Example

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Lydia Davis Author

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"Work hard and meticulously. When in trouble, look closely at a text that is a good example of what you're trying to do. And be patient."

Trying Hard Work Example

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Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author

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"A superior who works on his own development sets an almost irresistible example."

Example Development Irresistible

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Edward Said Literary Theorist, Critic, and Author

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"The definition of terrorism has to be more precise, so that we are able to discriminate between, for example, what it is that the Palestinians are doing to fight the Israeli military occupation and terrorism of the sort that resulted in the World Trade Center bombing."

Fighting Military Example

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