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Jackie Robinson, as an athlete and as someone who was trying to make a stand for equality, he was exemplary.

- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.

- Nelson Rockefeller

As a guitar player, he was exemplary. So many musicians talked about how they wanted the George Harrison sound.

- Martin Lewis

As a guitar player, he was exemplary, ... So many musicians talked about how they wanted the George Harrison sound. The group the Byrds, in America, listened to Harrison and said, `I want to be like that.` So many guitar players today emulate Harrison`s guitar playing. You listen to his playing in the `60s, he doesn`t sound out of date at all. It is as contemporary today as it was then.

- Martin Lewis

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be universal.

- Martin Amis

It`s a very grueling process. It`s very difficult . . . it shows exemplary teaching. It`s a master teaching level.

- Rebecca Anderson

A man of such obvious and exemplary charm must be a liar.

- Anita Brookner

Excellence is a better teacher than mediocrity. The lessons of the ordinary are everywhere. Truly profound and original insights are to be found only in studying the exemplary.

- Andrew Lester

“Men never think, at least seldom think, what a hard task it is for us women to go through this very often. God`s will be done, and if He decrees that we are to have a great number of children why we must try to bring them up as useful and exemplary members of society.”

- Queen Victoria