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We won't ever see another one like Paul Scholes. He is a legend and a real benchmark. He is not interested in the modern-day footballer's life off the pitch, but he is a world-class player on it.

Darren Fletcher

Real, Player, Class

"Paul Scholes deserved more awards, says Darren Fletcher". www.theguardian.com. April 20, 2010.

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There is one very good reason to learn programming, but it has nothing to do with preparing for high-tech careers or with making sure one is computer literate in order to avoid being cynically manipulated by the computers of the future. The real value of learning to program can only be understood if we look at learning to program as an exercise of the intellect, as a kind of modern-day Latin that we learn to sharpen our minds.

Roger Schank

Real, Latin, Learning

Roger C. Schank, Peter G. Childers (1984). “The cognitive computer: on language, learning, and artificial intelligence”, Addison-Wesley

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Wonder is very necessary in life. When we're little kids, we're filled with wonder for the world - it's fascinating and miraculous. A lot of people lose that. They become cynical and jaded, especially in modern day society. Magic renews that wonder.

Doug Henning

Kids, People, Cynical

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As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in primeval years lived under these heavens, and their small implements of war and hunting were brought to the light of this modern day.

Henry David Thoreau

War, Native American, Hunting

Henry David Thoreau (1882). “Walden”, p.247

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As Dutch, British and French explorers literally put this Great Southern Land on the map it would be ridiculous to say that modern day Australia is anything other than a grand - and successful - outpost of
Euro-colonialism and, more specifically Anglo-Celt British colonialism. It's a fact of life like the Euro-colonization of the Americas etc. If it was an outpost of, let's say, Iranian or Zimbabwean colonialism would so many people still be so desperately trying to get into Australia by any means necessary, legal or otherwise? It's doubtful. Thank the Gods for Euro-colonialism!

Douglas Pearce

Mean, Successful, Australia

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See I'm a poet to some, a regular modern day Shakespeare.

Eminem

Poet, Modern

"Song: 'Renegade'". 2001.

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Creating a regulatory system that reflects the modern-day realities of financial markets is not as difficult as it may appear.

Paul Singer

Reality, Creating, May

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With regards to political enemies Plato had a kill-and-banish principle. ... In interpreting it , modern-day Platonists are clearly disturbed by it, even as they make elaborate attempts to defend Plato.

Karl Popper

Plato, Political, Enemy

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So, the next film won't necessarily be modern-day Albany, Georgia but we're grateful for the films we've made (with Sherwood). The church is an amazing church. We're gonna grow as filmmakers and invest in the next generation of upcoming filmmakers and try to duplicate what we're doing.

Alex Kendrick

Grateful, Church, Trying

"'Courageous' filmmaker Alex Kendrick branches out with a new book, a new Erwin Brothers comedy and a new production company". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.beliefnet.com. July 2013.

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With its brutal excesses and reliance on snitches and finks as informants, I don't think it's far off-kilter to describe the modern-day drug war as oddly similar to the Salem witch trials.

Joel Miller

War, Thinking, Witch Trials

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Christ said "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself" and when asked "who is thy neighbour? went on to the parable of the Good Samaritan. If you wish to understand this parable as it was understood by his hearers, you should substitute "Germans and Japanese" for Samaritan. I fear my modern day Christians would resent such a substitution, because it would compel them to realize how far they have departed from the teachings of the founder of their religion.

Bertrand Russell

Christian, Teaching, Departed

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It's not just modern-day society that is liberal.

Rob James-Collier

Modern

"'Downton Abbey's Rob James-Collier On His Tragic Hero Thomas Barrow, Dancing With Dame Maggie Smith And Waiting For The Next Role". Interview with Caroline Frost, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk. November 18, 2015.

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As someone who spends a lot of her time on the road, you have to look stylish but comfortable as I'm always in motion. Either traveling for my job, for pleasure, or managing the hectic pace of the modern day.

Maria Sharapova

Jobs, Looks, Pace

Source: www.glamour.com

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Auntie Anne's is a modern-day business miracle that never should have happened.

Anne F. Beiler

Should Have, Miracle, Auntie

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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Kings, Book, Voice

"Carlos Ruiz Zafón's top 10 20th-century gothic novels" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, www.theguardian.com. June 2, 2010.

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It's modern-day slavery.

Adrian Peterson

Nfl, Dumb, Slavery

"Adrian Peterson expresses frustration on labor issues". Interview with Doug Farrar, sports.yahoo.com. March 15, 2011.

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A handwritten, personal letter has become a genuine modern-day luxury, like a child's pony ride.

Shana Alexander

Children, Luxury, Ponies

Shana Alexander (1970). “The feminine eye”, McCall Pub. Co

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When I returned as CEO in 2008, Starbucks had forgotten that meaningful innovations balance an organization's heritage with modern-day relevance and market differentiation, so we had to reorient. In one brainstorming session, we visited and observed great retailers, then asked ourselves, 'If Starbucks did not exist, what type of coffee experience would we create?

Howard Schultz

Meaningful, Coffee, Organization

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with a mental equipment which allows me to tell the difference between hot and cold, I stand out in this community like a modern day Cicero. Dropped into any other city of the world, I'd rate as a possibly adequate night watchman.

Anita Loos

Night, Hot And Cold, Cities

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People-trafficking is modern day slavery. There are more slaves today than there were at the height of the slave trade.

Ross Kemp

People, Slavery, Height

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Im obsessed with Michael Fassbender. Hes unbelievable. I think hes a modern day Brando. Every movie that hes done in the past couple years, I just died for him. Hes extremely fascinating.

Melissa Benoist

Couple, Past, Thinking

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I was a big fan of Kurt Russell growing up and I always wanted to be the modern day Kurt Russell.

Adam Sandler

Growing Up, Fans, Modern

"Adam Sandler, Adam Shankman, Russell Brand, Keri Russell and Matt Lopez Interview BEDTIME STORIES". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. December 21, 2008.

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By and large, the answer to the question "How do large institutions survive?" is "They don't!" The vast majority of large modern-day institutions - some of them extremely vital to the functioning of our complex civilization - simply fail to exist in the first place.

Eliezer Yudkowsky

Civilization, Majority, Answers

"Helpless Individuals". lesswrong.com. March 30, 2009.

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The modern day anarchists known as the Tea Party, they believe in no government.

Harry Reid

Party, Believe, Government

Source: www.foxnews.com

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This is perhaps the most important statement on religion ever made. It clarified the intent of the founders of the constitution irrespective of the attempts of modern day religious revisionists.

Thomas Jefferson

Religious, Important, Constitution

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