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“Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.”
Bible
“I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.”
Oscar Wilde
“And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.”
“A word of praise is an accusation in disguise.”
Mariana Fulger
“In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.”
“I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has ? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.”
Benjamin Franklin
“[As far as the second season of the] Contender ... I thought we received enough critical praise from the mainstream press to warrant another year on NBC. The ratings weren't huge, but the ratings weren't huge for ' Seinfeld ' or ' Cheers ' in their first years and those shows turned out pretty well when they were given time to build an audience.”
Jackie Kallen
“Hail, Day of days! in peals of praise Throughout all ages owned, When Christ, our God, hell's empire trod, And high o'er heaven was throned.”
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Fortunatus
“Backups don't get a lot of praise or glory, but you get to that spot by working hard. He comes from a line of quarterbacks and an athletic family. It's bred in him and he's a sharp kid.”
Doug Pederson
“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grand mother of tradition. Our most valuable and most astrictive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only!”
Mark Twain
