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• Jesus was not content to derive his ethics from the scriptures of his upbringing. He explicitly departed from them. [...] Since a principal thesis of this chapter is that we do not, and should not, derive our morals from scripture, Jesus has to be honoured as a model for that very thesis.

  Richard Dawkins

  Jesus, Departed, Scripture

  Richard Dawkins (2008). “The God Delusion”, p.284, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Belief in the traditional sense, or certitude, or dogma, amounts to the grandiose delusion, "My current model" -- or grid, or map, or reality-tunnel -- "contains the whole universe and will never need to be revised." In terms of the history of science and knowledge in general, this appears absurd and arrogant to me, and I am perpetually astonished that so many people still manage to live with such a medieval attitude.

  Robert Anton Wilson

  Attitude, Reality, Tunnels

  Robert Anton Wilson (1977). “Cosmic trigger: final secret of the illuminati”, New Falcon Pubns

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• What you have to understand, is your father was your model for God.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Father

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• My dear young women, with all my heart I urge you not to look to contemporary culture for your role models and mentors. Please look to your faithful mothers for a pattern to follow. Model yourselves after them, not after celebrities whose standards are not the Lord's standards and whose values may not reflect an eternal perspective. Look to your mother.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Mother, Heart, Role Models

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• The best way to make a permanent change for good is to make Jesus Christ your model and His teachings your guide for life.

  Richard G. Scott

  Jesus, Teaching, Way

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• Luck is not a business model.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Luck, Business Models

  Anthony Bourdain (2010). “Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook”, p.58, A&C Black

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• I've got this." Apollo stepped forward. His fiery armor was so bright it was hard to look at, and his matching Ray-Bans and perfect smile made him look like a male model for battle gear. "God of medicine, at your service.

  Rick Riordan

  Medicine, Perfect, Battle

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• Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.

  Maya Angelou

  Role Models, Cheerful, Roles

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• The intruder hesitated, turned, and anchored itself in the corner, where the ceiling met the wall. It sat there, fastened to the paneling by enormous yellow talons, still and silent like a gargoyle in full sunlight. I took a swig from the bottle and set it so I could still see the creatures reflection. Nude and hairless, it didn't carry a single ounce of fat on its lean frame. Its skin stretched so tight over the cords of muscle, it threatened to snap. Like a thin layer of wax melted over an anatomy model. Your friendly neighbourhood Spiderman.

  Ilona Andrews

  Wall, Reflection, Yellow

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• I have not only labored solely for the benefit of others (receiving for myself a miserable pittance), but have been forced to model my thoughts at the will of men whose imbecility was evident to all but themselves

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Men, Receiving, Benefits

  Edgar Allan Poe, John Ward Ostrom, Burton Ralph Pollin, Jeffrey A. Savoye (2008). “The collected letters of Edgar Allan Poe”

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• It does seem to me, that herein we see the rare virtue of a strong individual vitality, and the rare virtue of thick walls, and the rare virtue of interior spaciousness. Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter's, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.

  Herman Melville

  Strong, Wall, Men

  Herman Melville (1892). “Moby Dick”, p.292

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• We don’t LOVE our Grandmas because they look like super models. We love them because of WHO they are

  John Bytheway

  Grandma, Looks

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• [E]ach of our voices has something unique to say. Not only should I not mold my life to the demands of external conformity; I can't even find the model by which to live outside myself. I can only find it within.

  Charles Taylor

  Unique, Voice, Mold

  Charles Taylor (1994). “Multiculturalism”, p.30, Princeton University Press

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• Christianity enhanced the notion of political and social accountability by providing a new model: that of servant leadership. In ancient Greece and Rome no one would have dreamed of considering political leaders anyone's servants. The job of the leader was to lead. But Christ invented the notion that the way to lead is by serving the needs of others, especially those who are the most needy.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Jobs, Rome, Leader

  Dinesh D'Souza (2008). “What's So Great about Christianity”, Tyndale House Pub

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• I suppose he'll just have to do," she amended. "You'll have to suffer in silence with your male model...I feel for you." "Oh, stop it, Molly.

  Alexandra Adornetto

  Silence, Suffering, Males

  Alexandra Adornetto (2010). “Halo”, p.368, Macmillan

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• Role models who push us to exceed our limits, physical training that removes our spare tires, and risks that expand our sphere of comfortable action are all examples of eustress—stress that is healthful and the stimulus for growth.

  Tim Ferriss

  Stress, Role Models, Risk

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• Something about this boat screamed, "I am a very popular model in the world's oil-bearing regions. I cost more than your soul!

  Maureen Johnson

  Oil, Soul, Cost

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• -When I was growing up, Lieutenant Uhura was a major role model for me, a strong black woman on the bridge of a starship… -In a miniskirt, answering the interplanetary telephone?

  Suzanne Brockmann

  Strong, Growing Up, Bridges

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• This fascination with computer models is something I understand very well. Richard Feynmann called it a disease. I fear he is right.

  Michael Crichton

  Fascination, Disease, Computer

  "Aliens Cause Global Warming". Michael Crichton's Lecture, 2003.

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• Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts by making us throw the little fish back into the river. We even tell the reader the kind of car we were driving, the year and the model, to give the impression that it’s all true. It’s because we think of ourselves as journalists of a kind. Like them, we’ll go anywhere for a story. Don’t believe a word of it. As any poet can tell you, one often sees better with eyes closed than with eyes wide open.

  Charles Simic

  Believe, Eye, Writing

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• If humans were to model the lifestyle displayed by healthy community of cells , our societies and our planet would be more peaceful and vital

  Bruce H. Lipton

  Cells, Community, Healthy

  Bruce H. Lipton (2015). “The Biology of Belief 10th Anniversary Edition: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter & Miracles”, p.254, Hay House, Inc

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• Sometimes we become what we see. Sometimes we take what we see and make it the model for what we refuse to become.

  Sharon Shinn

  Sometimes, Refuse

  "Summers at Castle Auburn". Book by Sharon Shinn, 2001.

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• He looked like an evil male model, showing off what the fashionable college age villain was wearing to Harvard this year.

  Rick Riordan

  College, Years, Evil

  Rick Riordan (2007). “The Sea of Monsters”, Disney-Hyperion

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• We are often told we are materialistic. It seems to me, we are not materialistic enough. We have a disrespect for materials. We use it quickly and carelessly. If were genuinely materialistic people, we would understand where materials come from and where they go to. But, at the moment, the entire global economy seems to be built on the model of digging things up from one hole in the ground on one side of the earth, transporting them around the world, using them for a few days, and sticking them in a hole in the ground on the other side of the world.

  George Monbiot

  People, Disrespect, Digging

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• But it is Bella, not the supernaturals she falls in with, who is the true horror show here, at least as a female role model.

  Peggy Orenstein

  Fall, Female Role Models, Roles

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