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“In our imaginations the adults of our childhood remain extreme, essential - we might say radical since they are the roots that fed luxuriant later systems. Those first bohemians, for instance, stay operatic in memory even though were we to meet them today - well, what would we think, we who've elaborated our eccentricities with a patience, a professionalism they never knew?”

Thinking Firsts Wells Might Today Imagination Memories Childhood Essentials Adults Roots Our Children Extremes Instance Radical Feds Professionalism Eccentricity

Author:Edmund White

“Wealth brings noble opportunities, and competence is a proper object of pursuit; but wealth, and even competence, may be bought at too high a price. Wealth itself has no moral attribute. It is not money, but the love of money, which is the root of all evil. It is the relation between wealth and the mind and the character of its possessor which is the essential thing.”

Mind May Character Evil Opportunity Wealth Moral Objects Essentials Roots Relation Noble Pursuit Attributes Competence Love Of Money

Book:The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc

Source: The Dangers and Duties of the Mercantile Profession. An Address Delivered Before the Mercantile Library Association, Etc

“Singing in Spanish is much more honest, much closer to my roots. For me, Spanish is essential. I still think in Spanish, dream in Spanish. It's the melodies and arrangements that transmit meaning.”

Thinking Stills Dream Honest Essentials Singing Roots Melody Arrangements Transmit

Author:Juanes

“Enthusiasm is ever a gracious, pardonable thing, because in its essentials are youth and zeal and all high, white-hot qualities whose roots strike not in the base earth.”

Earth White Quality Youth Essentials Roots Hot Strikes Enthusiasm Zeal Gracious

Book:Max (EasyRead Large Edition)

Source: Max (EasyRead Large Edition)

“Skepticism is essential to the quest for knowledge, for it is in the seedbed of puzzlement that genuine inquiry takes root. Without skepticism, we may remain mired in unexamined belief systems that are accepted as sacrosanct yet have no factual basis in reality.”

May Reality Belief Essentials Roots Bases Accepted Genuine Quests Skepticism Inquiry Belief Systems Factual

Book:Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm

Source: Skepticism and Humanism: The New Paradigm

“I think it is vitally important to study History. If we are going to lead Britain safely into the future, it is essential that we understand our country's historical roots. If we can learn the lessons of the past, we will be able to avoid making mistakes in the future.”

Ifs Thinking Important Country Able Past Mistake Study Lessons Essentials Roots Historical Our Country Britain Making Mistakes Lessons Of The Past

Author:Tony Blair

“This over-consumption is also manifest in our use of raw materials. It can even be found in our dietary habits... . People are well aware of this. The root of the problem lies in a selfish world view which inflates personal consumption beyond the essential.”

People World Wells Use Problem Lying Found Views Materials Habit Essentials Roots Selfish Manifest Consumption Raw Materials World View Selfish World

Author:Yehuda Levi

“They [root causes of terror] come out of a long dialectic of U.S. involvement in the affairs of the Islamic world, the oil-producing world, the Arab world, the Middle East - those areas that are considered to be essential to U.S. interests and security.”

World Long Causes Interest Middle Security Essentials Areas Roots Affair Terror Oil East Islamic Middle East Involvement Arab World Dialectics Root Cause

Author:Edward Said

“[Roots of terrorism] come out of a long dialectic of U.S. involvement in the affairs of the Islamic world, the oil-producing world, the Arab world, the Middle East - those areas that are considered to be essential to U.S. interests and security.”

World Long Interest Middle Security Essentials Areas Roots Affair Terrorism Oil East Islamic Middle East Involvement Arab World Dialectics

Author:Edward Said

“Business is a noble vocation, directed to producing wealth and improving the world. It can be a fruitful source of prosperity for the area in which it operates, especially if it sees the creation of jobs as an essential part of its service to the common good. This common good also includes the earth... the environmental challenge we are undergoing, and its human roots, concern and affect us all.”

Ifs World Humans Earth Jobs Challenges Wealth Common Creation Source Essentials Areas Concern Roots Environmental Prosperity Noble Improving Vocation Common Good Environmental Challenges

Author:Pope Francis

“Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.”

World Years Humans Human Beings Perfect Forget Essentials Roots Positivity Counterfeit Immersion

Author:Laozi