"Nothing is more important than the formation of fictional concepts, which teach us at last to understand our own."
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"The important thing is to create. Nothing else matters; creation is all."
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"I felt how important the simplest things were, like feeling proud, finding something funny, stretching yourself, retreating into yourself."
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"Forgiveness of the present is even more important than forgiveness of the past. If you forgive every moment - allow it to be as it is - then there will be no accumulation of resentment that needs to be forgiven at some later time."
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"New generations are intoxicated with the idea that they can make their presence known on the Internet. When I was young, there wasn't anything comparable. Very few got their picture in a magazine, fewer made records. We have to stand back and let them get their footing. Hopefully they'll come to the realization that the most important thing is their work and how they conduct themselves."
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"Change. But start slowly, because direction is more important than speed"
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"The conservationist¹s most important task, if we are to save the Earth, is to educate."
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"Synergistic convergence is the most important idea we have at our disposal to prevent collapse scenarios and move forward in a nonlinear manner toward an evolutionary society."
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"[The daguerreotype] itself must undoubtedly be regarded as the most important, and perhaps the most extraordinary triumph of modern science."
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"The most important question a human being has to face... What is it? The question, Why are we here?"
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"The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions."
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"Nothing important on Wall Street can be counted on to occur exactly in the same way as it happened before."
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"The qualitative factors upon which most stress is laid are the nature of the business and the character of the management. These elements are exceedingly important, but they are also exceedingly difficult to deal with intelligently."
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"Being a parent is very important to me."
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"It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger."
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"Is anyone really surprised that Warren, who is the ultimate embodiment of concentrated decision-making power, picked somebody [Bill and Melinda Gates] who he thinks is like him in many important ways? It was a noble and sensible decision."
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"Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room."
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"Make a commitment today to something bigger and more important than yourself."
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"If you're not sure why you're doing something, you can never do enough of it. Imagination is more important than knowledge."
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"One has to be realistic. Ones concern for equity and justice in the world must not carry one into the alien territory of unreasoned belief. Thats very important."
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