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How to use the word EXCEPTIONAL in a Sentence? Page #8

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We have developed an innovative design for an exceptional office tower with art and character, shaped to respect views of the City.

– Stuart Lipton

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This type of murder with the allegations is exceptional, she's entitled to due process, even though the facts according to the commonwealth don't look good.

– Brenda Jones

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us such a world power. Hundreds of millions of people may never set foot in the United States, but thanks to you, they've experienced a small part of what makes our country special. They've learned something about our values. We have shaped a world culture through you…in a way that has made the world better.

– Barack Obama

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

One of the strengths that makes America exceptional is our willingness to openly confront our past, face our imperfections, make changes and do better, rather than another reason to refight old arguments, I hope that today's report can help us leave these techniques where they belong—in the past.

– Barack Obama

Found on CNN
9 years ago

Finding one as complete as this, where only the left arm and base of the tail are missing, is exceptional, it's the only stegosaurus in the world that's anywhere near this complete. So it's an amazing find.

– Paul Barrett

Found on CNN
9 years ago

My work is all about connecting people to great brands & exceptional content through innovation & SEO expertise.

– Mike Arnesen

added by anonymous
9 years ago

I am convinced that, except in a few extraordinary cases, one form or another of an unhappy childhood is essential to the formation of exceptional gifts.

– Thornton Wilder

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9 years ago

Passive acceptance of the teacher's wisdom is easy to most boys and girls. It involves no effort of independent thought, and seems rational because the teacher knows more than his pupils it is moreover the way to win the favour of the teacher unless he is a very exceptional man. Yet the habit of passive acceptance is a disastrous one in later life. It causes man to seek and to accept a leader, and to accept as a leader whoever is established in that position.

– Bertrand Russell

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It has, moreover, been proven that horror, nastiness, and the frightful are what give pleasure when one fornicates. Beauty is a simple thing ugliness is the exceptional thing. And fiery imaginations, no doubt, always prefer the extraordinary thing to the simple thing.

– Marquis de Sade

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I believe that history has shape, order, and meaning that exceptional men, as much as economic forces, produce change and that passe abstractions like beauty, nobility, and greatness have a shifting but continuing validity.

– Camille Paglia

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14 years ago

General principles should not be based on exceptional cases.

– Robert J. Sawyer

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14 years ago

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