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"So is the English Parliament provincial. Mere country bumpkins, they betray themselves, when any more important question arises for them to settle, the Irish question, for instance,--the English question why did I not say? Their natures are subdued to what they work in. Their "good breeding" respects only secondary objects."
"The Grecian are youthful and erring and fallen gods, with the vices of men, but in many important respects essentially of the divine race."
"The man whose horse trots a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages."
"It is not so important that many should be good as you, as that there be some absolute goodness somewhere; for that will leaven the whole lump."
"It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Equally important is the job you are working at."
"How important is a constant intercourse with nature and the contemplation of natural phenomena to the preservation of moral and intellectual health!"
"Those things for which the most money is demanded are never the things which the student most wants. Tuition, for instance, is an important item in the term bill, while for the far more valuable education which he gets by associating with the most cultivated of his contemporaries no charge is made."
"We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities."
"Brains are far more important than money or connections. Everyone and anyone can create a business out of their bedroom."
"I can turn an idea into a business before you know it's going to be important. My first step will blow by you."
"Now that I've reached 50, it has become important for me to sleep and wake up at my own pace. Otherwise, I'm completely zapped."
"It's important for me to live up to my reputation."
"It is important to have friends and family around that I love and trust and who love and trust me."
"There has to be a woman, but not much of a one. A good horse is much more important."
"I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live."
"The important thing is that we now have the tools to sequence all kinds of animals and plants and microbes - as well as humans. It is not important that we didn't actually finish the human sequence yet."
"I've got better things to do than to find my individuality in that particular area. But if it's important to me, I've got to seek my own path."
"Thinking like others is ok for things that are not important to you."
"I never played music, but it's an important thing ... the studying, the inspiration."
"Knowing when to quit is probably a very important thing, but I just am not ready."
