"When there are miles to go before we sleep, altered traits are more important than altered states."
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"Nothing is more important for teaching us to understand the concepts we have than to construct fictitious ones."
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"A good guide will take you through the more important streets more often than he takes you down side streets; a bad guide will do the opposite. In philosophy I'm a rather bad guide."
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"The only thing that's important is the legend created by the picture, and not whether it continues to exist itself."
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"I felt landscapes would sell more readily, and not being equipped psychologically to be a teacher or commercial artist, that was important."
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"I was doing something that the officials or art commission probably didn't consider important... I was experimenting with different kinds of realistic art, impressionism and the more decorative compositions of different forms of painting, which took away from the earlier photographic realism that I was doing."
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"There’s no need for us to be held back by the past or how things have been so far. The important thing is what seeds we are sowing now for the future."
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"Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language."
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"If the work is worthwhile, then whether we can complete it or not, it's worth making the attempt. That's why courage is important."
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"A balanced and skillful approach to life, taking care to avoid extremes, becomes a very important factor in conducting one's everyday existence."
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"When we encounter suffering, it is important to respond w/ compassion rather than to question the politics of those we help."
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"When we are young and again when we are old, we depend heavily on the affection of others. Between these stages we usually feel that we can do everything without help from others and that other people's affection is simply not important. But at this stage I think it is very important to keep deep human affection."
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"Wherever I go meeting the public... spreading a message of human values, spreading a message of harmony, is the most important thing."
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"Individuality is very important for a full human life."
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"The only thing Christianity can not be...is moderately important."
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"My Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation."
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"It is important to combine structural reforms and good fiscal stewardship with a growth strategy, because when your economy's growing and more revenue's coming in, that helps relieve debt."
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"It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient"
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"The goal has its importance. But the doing is what is truly fulfilling. Every enthusiastic person has a goal that may be important, but the doing is intensely fulfilling, and it is the essence of enthusiasm."
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"Most humans live in the mindset that this moment is only important because it's getting them to the next one."
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