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• Seek the outstanding mental conflict in the person, give him the remedy that will overcome that conflict and all the hope and encouragement you can, then the virtue within him will, itself do all the rest.

  Edward Bach

  Encouragement, Health, Giving

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• "Give us this day our daily bread," by "this day" we mean "at this time," when we either ask for that sufficiency, signifying the whole of our need under the name of bread, which is the outstanding part of it, or for the sacrament of the faithful, which is necessary at this time for attaining not so much this temporal as that eternal happiness.

  Saint Augustine

  Mean, Names, Giving

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• My musical background in Tyler, Texas was quite outstanding. Uh, I grew up with, uh, with high school teachers who were in bands, they could play music. And we had a nine piece band there in Tyler, and I joined them when I was about, oh, 15 years old and traveled all over Texas in that band, playing for the elite oil people. Hah. And um, I was making about 50 bucks a night, and uh, it taught me, they taught me how to find my timing and to learn the songs that I wanted.

  Carl Gardner

  Song, Teacher, School

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• We should not minimize the great outstanding service of Eugenics for critical and diagnostic investigations. It demonstrates ... that uncontrolled fertility is universally correlated with disease, poverty, overcrowding and the transmission of hereditable traits.

  Margaret Sanger

  Eugenics, Disease, Fertility

  Margaret Sanger, Michael W. Perry, H. G. Wells (2003). “The Pivot of Civilization in Historical Perspective: The Birth Control Classic”, p.366, Inkling Books

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• Eventually I discovered for myself the utterly simple prescription for creativity; be intensely yourself. Don't try to be outstanding; don't try to be a success;don't try to do pictures for others to look at- just please yourself.

  Ralph Steiner

  Photography, Creativity, Simple

  Ralph Steiner (1978). “A point of view”, Wesleyan

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• I think heroism is when somebody really goes above and beyond the call of duty and does something outstanding for either themselves or somebody else.

  John Assaraf

  Thinking, Heroism, Doe

  Source: insearchofheroes.com

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• I am a genius, I am brilliant, I am outstanding and I can achieve whatever I choose to achieve with a ... given by my Creator." That is how I am helping people.

  John Assaraf

  People, Genius, Brilliant

  Source: insearchofheroes.com

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• David [Cameron] has been an outstanding friend and partner on the global stage and, based on our conversation, I'm confident that the UK is committed to an orderly transition out of the EU.

  Barack Obama

  Transition, Partners, Stage

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• Why is it that all men who are outstanding in philosophy, poetry or the arts are melancholic?

  Aristotle

  Art, Philosophy, Men

  Aristotle, Anaximenes (of Lampsacus.) (1936). “Problems ...”

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• Professors known as outstanding lecturers do two things; they use a simple plan and many examples.

  Wilbert J. McKeachie

  Teaching, Simple, Essence

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• Outstanding past work in photography, and in fact in all the arts, is very important to today's photographers. But it should be used for inspiration and not for imitation. These works should be something to be built upon, not to be repeated.

  Alexey Brodovitch

  Photography, Art, Inspiration

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• We can and should place special emphasis on developing in our youth constructive incentives — a love of science, engineering, and math, so that they will want to take advanced scientific courses and thereby help meet the needs of our times.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Math, Technology, Engineering

  "The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson".

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• Talk about the sickest dunk, we had one guy throw it off the library which was about 60-feet away, back onto the court it bounced, and he timed it, went over there and got it. It was outstanding, man. It was crazy.

  Darryl Dawkins

  Crazy, Men, Feet

  "Dime Q&A: Darryl Dawkins Reveals The Origin of His Nickname And Recalls His First Dunk". Uproxx Interview, uproxx.com. August 4, 2011.

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• Everyone's pet is the most outstanding. This begets mutual blindness.

  Jean Cocteau

  Animal, Pet, Blindness

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• Getting service right is more than just a nice to do; it's a must do. American consumers are willing to spend more with companies that provide outstanding service - ultimately, great service can drive sales and customer loyalty.

  Jim Bush

  Loyalty, Nice, Educational

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• The sole function of education...[is] to open the way to thinking and knowing, and the school, as the outstanding organ for the people's education, must serve that end exclusively.

  Albert Einstein

  Education, Philosophy, School

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.20, Open Road Media

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• I think that to stop an offense, you must go to the heart of that offense. If it is a particular move, a screen, the break, an outstanding scorer, whatever it is that they like to do and rely on, you have to work in your plans on taking that completely or as much as possible away from them.

  Bobby Knight

  Basketball, Moving, Heart

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• In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he made one of the outstanding blunders of history, and the results so far realized constitute an event of cardinal importance in the final decision of the war.

  Winston Churchill

  War, Fighting, Russia

  "War Speeches: From June 25, 1941 to September 6, 1943".

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• To me it seems certain that the fatalistic teachings of Muhammad and the utter degradation of women is the outstanding cause for the arrested development of the Arab. He is exactly as he was around the year 700, while we have kept on developing.

  George S. Patton

  Teaching, Years, Islam

  "War as I Knew it". Book by George S. Patton. Part 1, Chapter 1, 1947.

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• One of the most powerful wellsprings of creative energy, outstanding accomplishment, and self-fulfillment seems to be falling in love with something - your dreams, your image of the future.

  Ellis Paul Torrance

  Dream, Falling In Love, Powerful

  Ellis Paul Torrance (2002). “The Manifesto: A Guide to Developing a Creative Career”, p.32, Greenwood Publishing Group

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• Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Ego, Saving, Way

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• To me, my Dad's the greatest guy - next to Jesus Christ - who ever walked this planet. He's been that outstanding male role model in my life. And he's still the same guy I grew up around, very conscious of the image he sets forth. As he would say, 'Wouldn't do anything behind your back that I wouldn't do to your face.'

  Aaron Tippin

  Jesus, Dad, Role Models

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• Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

  Winston Churchill

  Military, Men, Together

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.515, Da Capo Press

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• ...Ori Kam is an outstanding violist who has already played as a soloist with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra twice, much to our delight and satisfaction, and has availed himself with distinction.

  Zubin Mehta

  Israel, Orchestra, Satisfaction

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• I am very proud to be featured, especially when you consider the outstanding champions who have had this honor. It is great company to be in.

  Julius Erving

  Basketball, Champion, Honor

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