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Stephen Colbert quote: "I love making observations. That one is a classic example."
I love making observations. That one is a classic example. Stephen Colbert
Things duplicate themselves in Tln; they also tend to grow vague or ‘sketchy,’ and to lose detail when they begin to be forgotten. The classic example is the doorway that continued to exist so long as a certain beggar frequented it, but which was lost to sight when he died. Sometimes a few birds, a horse, have saved the ruins of an amphitheater.' - Jorge Luis Borges, 'Tln, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius. Jorge Luis Borges
Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent. Gloria Swanson
Marie Windsor quote: "This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly..."
This I regard as a classic example of my not being properly prepared for a part I very much wanted. Marie Windsor
Peter Sellers quote: "I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm..."
I'm a classic example of all humorists - only funny when I'm working. Peter Sellers
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever. Imre Lakatos
I'm a classic example of what can happen if you follow your inner voice. I was cursed with interests and some talent in many different areas. It confuses people. Dirk Benedict
Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Daniel Radcliffe
One of the regrets of my life is that I did not study Latin. I'm absolutely convinced, the more I understand these eighteenth century people, that it was that grounding in Greek and Latin that gave them their sense of the classic virtues: the classic ideals of honor, virtue, the good society, and their historic examples of what they could try to live up to. David McCullough
We can no longer apply the classic criteria to clearly determine whether and when we should use military force. We are waging war in Afghanistan, for example, but it's an asymmetrical war where the enemies are criminals instead of soldiers. Otto Schily

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