Exceptional Quotes - Page 4

• Remember that you are at an exceptional hour in a unique epoch, that you have this great happiness, this invaluable privilege, of being present at the birth of a new world.

  Sri Aurobindo

  Unique, Privilege, World

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• Exceptional results arrive only when exceptional people put in exceptional effort. It never arises by accident or good fortune.

  Peter Thomas

  People, Effort, Arise

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• Since we have emphasized that analysis will lead to a positive conclusion only in the exceptional case, it follows that many securities must be examined before one is found that has real possibilities for the analyst. By what practical means does he proceed to make his discoveries? Mainly by hard and systematic work.

  Benjamin Graham

  Real, Mean, Discovery

  Benjamin Graham, David Le Fevre Dodd (1940). “Security Analysis: Principles and Techniques”

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• Only in the exceptional case, where the integrity and competence of the advisers have been thoroughly demonstrated, should the investor act upon the advice of others without understanding and approving the decision made.

  Benjamin Graham

  Integrity, Decision, Advice

  Benjamin Graham (1959). “The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel”

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• The poet who writes "free" verse is like Robinson Crusoe on his desert island: he must do all his cooking, laundry and darning for himself. In a few exceptional cases, this manly independence produces something original and impressive, but more often the result is squalor - dirty sheets on the unmade bed and empty bottles on the unswept floor.

  W. H. Auden

  Dirty, Writing, Islands

  "The Dyer's Hand, and Other Essays" by W. H. Auden, ("Writing"), (p. 22), 1962.

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• The ignorant man marvels at the exceptional; the wise man marvels at the common; the greatest wonder of all is the regularity of nature.

  George Dana Boardman Pepper

  Wise, Nature, Ignorance

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• I don't want to become more famous than what I am. I'm not interested in being in movies that are going to be shown all around the world and get a massive audience, so I'm interested in doing foreign movies as long as it stays an exceptional case and is exotic, but I don't want to go there [Hollywood].

  Audrey Tautou

  Long, Hollywood, Exotic

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Because of its exceptional capacity for self-criticism, the West took the initiative in abolishing slavery; the calls for abolition did not resonate even in black Africa, where rival African tribes took black prisoners to be sold as slaves in the West.

  Ibn Warraq

  Self, African Tribes, Black

  Source: counterjihadreport.com

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• Life exists in the universe only because the carbon atom possesses certain exceptional properties.

  James Jeans

  Life, Science, Atoms

  'The Mysterious Universe' (1930) ch. 1

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• When I teach and meet a class for the first time, you realize that there are people there that have exceptional abilities or have the potential to do exceptional things and you never know who those people are. My job is to provide the best information I can.

  John Sexton

  Jobs, Artist, Class

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• The exceptional life depends not on working harder, but on different, even opposite, actions from habit and the crowd.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Opposites, Different, Crowds

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• The destructive fixation of the envious English-Canadian mind requires that the highest, happiest most agile flyers be laid low. [It is] a sadistic desire corroded by soul-destroying envy, to intimidate all those who might aspire to anything the slightest exceptional.

  Conrad Black

  Envy, Soul, Mind

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• A young pianist & composer who has demonstrated an exceptional creativity, in both his playing & his writing, as well as showing us all, his very strong commitment & motivation to aim for high musical goals. Talent like his is rare.

  Steve Lacy

  Strong, Motivation, Writing

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• The vote by the Judiciary Committee reflects the fact that John Roberts is an exceptional nominee with a conservative judicial philosophy - a philosophy that represents mainstream America.

  Jay Sekulow

  Philosophy, America, Facts

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• One can feel the immense joy of Amy Hill Hearth's engagement in her first novel. It radiates through every scene and through every page. Sometimes, an exceptional writer finds an exceptional premise, and the result is a truly exceptional book. Such is the case with Miss Dreamsville...The writing is brilliant, especially the dialogue through which the characters are defined.

  Philip K. Jason

  Book, Writing, Character

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• There aren't going to be many easy nights at all. There are going to be a lot of people beating up on each other. The pitching of the White Sox and Twins is exceptional.

  Mark Shapiro

  Night, White, People

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• I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

  John F. Kerry

  America, Uptight, Littles

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• If you look at the world-class performers at the top of the game, their numbers are just exceptional and that is the level he is at.

  Brendan Rodgers

  Football, Games, Class

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• I've had the opportunity to work on a number of just amazing, exceptional motion pictures. I've had the opportunity to work with some of the finest talent in the business. All this because I was at the right place at the right time.

  Floyd Norman

  Opportunity, Numbers, Talent

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• No matter how exceptional your product, you won't benefit financially if you can't sell it.

  Grant Cardone

  Benefits, Matter, Products

  FaceBook post by Grant Cardone from Jul 25, 2016

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• Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity. The young must be dampened down. Never let them know how good they can be. That brings change. Spend lots of committee time talking about how to deal with exceptional students. Don't spend any time dealing with how the conventional teacher feels threatened by emerging talents and squelches them because of a deep-seated desire to feel superior and safe in a safe environment.

  Frank Herbert

  Teacher, Children, Educational

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• When a teacher is paying extra attention to your child, you believe that it's because you raised such an exceptional kid, one that stands out head and shoulders above the rest of her booger-eating friends.

  Drew Magary

  Teacher, Children, Believe

  Drew Magary (2013). “Someone Could Get Hurt: A Memoir of Twenty-First-Century Parenthood”, p.33, Penguin

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• I know how I felt when I saw things like 'Fame' on television when I was growing up and how that was an exceptional magnet for me to want to explore the theater. I can only assume that 'Smash' is doing that for anyone who is halfway interested in theater already.

  Brian d'Arcy James

  Growing Up, Television, Want

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• Pap Machinery uses LubeMate products to keep our truck fleet moving so we can provide timely service to our customers. LubeMate has proven they manufacture quality products that meet our daily demands. The LubeMate team at Valley Industries has provided excellent service and their products are an exceptional value.

  Greg Roberts

  Team, Moving, Quality

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• Growth at an exceptional rate is a red flag in banking. It is hard enough to manage an ordinary bank; to control a sprouting weed is well-nigh impossible. If loans are expanding too quickly, the lending officers have probably been saying 'yes' too frequently.

  James Grant

  Weed, Red Flags, Growth

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