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“The arts community still has a long lasting cynicism of the importance, or the artistic value, of comedy. Comedy is just farting about for money.”

Long Art Stills Values Community Comedy Importance Artistic Lasting Cynicism Long Lasting

Author:Rowan Atkinson

“I think Nigerians got it wrong from independence as people became so conscious of the divisions because we wanted so much to satisfy the plurality of interests. I will say, we neglected the importance of real value, human value and the quality of potential in human beings and we contrived phrases like geographical spread, regional quota, etc and allowed mediocrity to reign. I think that is the problem that we are dealing with till today.”

“Regardless of what ideological twist people may have, about 90 to 95 percent of our population [in Puerto Rico] really values our citizenship. It's of utmost importance.”

People May Values Percent Importance Population Citizenship Twists Ideological Puerto Rico Rico

Author:Ricky Rossello

“My parents were not formally educated. Both were cognizant of the importance of education. The teachers and ministers were the role models, and they would say, you should want to be like Miss Gardiner, you should want to be like Mr. Freeman, or be like your dad. Shun the people who don't value education.”

“It's true that the biggest value of life is that it's going to stop. I was thinking when I was in New York the last time that all that we see that has importance is man-made. It isn't nature-made. And when I was looking through the window, looking at New York, I was so moved by humanity's desire for immortality-because that's what it is.”

Thinking Desire Values Window Importance Moved Last Time Value Of Life

Author:Lou Doillon

“Throughout human history, people have developed strong loyalties to traditions, rituals, and symbols. In the most effective organizations, they are not only respected but celebrated. It is no coincidence that the most highly admired corporations are also among the most profitable. Why? Because everyone involved is committed to certain non-negotiable core values. Traditions keep them alive. Rituals such as special occasions reaffirm them. Symbols serve as constant reminders of their enduring importance.”

People Values Strong Special Tradition Importance Endure Committed Loyalty Ritual Coincidence Core Values Special Occasion

Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Busyness has become such a social value that we will even create it, we will create that sense of breathlessness because we think that's how we show status and importance. That is a really interesting and troubling finding. We've taken this notion of hard work to a crazy degree.”

Thinking Values Interesting Taken Crazy Hard Work Importance Really Interesting

Author:Brigid Schulte

“My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.”

People Knows Looks I Can Values Healthy Ego Projects Importance Popularity Look At Me Importance Of Family

Author:Jane Pauley

“While I recognize the great value and importance of prescription drugs and strongly support a continued U.S. focus on pharmaceutical research and development, our nation's seniors cannot be asked to subsidize the drug costs of other wealthy industrialized nations any longer.”

Values Nations Support Focus Development Cost Drug Research Importance Wealthy Senior Prescriptions Pharmaceutical Research And Development Prescription Drugs Great Value

Author:Michael K. Simpson

“The importance to the writer of first writing must be out of all proportion of the actual value of what is written.”

Writing Firsts Values Literature Written Importance Proportion Comeback

Author:Elizabeth Bowen

“There's nothing of any importance in life — except how well you do your work. Nothing. Only that. Whatever else you are, will come from that. It's the only measure of human value.”

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Author:Ayn Rand

“we are such inward secret creatures, that inwardness the most amazing thing about us, even more amazing than our reason. but we cannot just walk into the cavern and look around. most of what we think we know about our minds is pseudo-knowledge. we are all such shocking poseurs, so good at inflating the importance of what we think we value.”

Thinking Knows Mind Looks Reason Values Walks Secret Creatures Importance Inward Shocking Amazing Things Most Amazing Pseudo Caverns

Book:A Severed Head, The Black Prince, The Sea, The Sea

Source: A Severed Head, The Black Prince, The Sea, The Sea

“We are all farsighted, we give importance to those things that are far from us, while neglecting the things that are close to us... only to realize their value later when they are out-of-reach again.”

Giving Values Realizing Importance Neglect

Author:Ai Yazawa

“Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.”

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Book:The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories

Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories

“The Bible was written two thousand years ago. The world is a different place now. Stories that had meaning then are meaningless now. Beliefs that might have been valid then are invalid now. Those books should be looked at in the same way we look at anything of that age with interest with an acknowledgement of the historical importance but they should not be thought of as anything that has any value.”

“If we believe in nothing, if nothing has any meaning and if we can affirm no values whatsoever, then everything is possible and nothing has any importance.”

Ifs Believe Values Importance

Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“There are a few rules I know to be true about love and marriage... Your values must be alike. And the biggest one of those values, Mitch?" Yes? "Your belief in the importance of your marriage.”

Knows Values Belief Importance Being True Love And Marriage

Book:Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

Source: Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

“Solitude is used to teach us how to live with other people. Rage is used to show us the infinite value of peace. Boredom is used to underline the importance of adventure & spontaneity. Silence is used to teach us to use words responsibly. Tiredness is used so that we can understand the value of waking up. Illness is used to underline the blessing of good health. Fire is used to teach us about water. Earth is used so that we can understand the value of air. Death is used to show us the importance of life.”

“If everybody is looking for it, then nobody is finding it. If we were cultured, we would not be conscious of lacking culture. We would regard it as something natural and would not make so much fuss about it. And if we knew the real value of this word we would be cultured enough not to give it so much importance.”

Ifs Giving Real Enough Would Be Values Culture Natural Findings Conscious Importance Regard Lacking Real Value

Author:Pablo Picasso

“The elimination of ignorance, of illiteracy... and of needless inequalities in opportunities (is) to be seen as objectives that are valued for their own sake. They expand our freedom to lead the lives we have reason to value, and these elementary capabilities are of importance on their own”

Reason Values Opportunity Education Ignorance Importance Sake Educational Objectives Inequality Capability Literacy Elimination Illiteracy

Book:Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

Source: Indian Development: Selected Regional Perspectives

“In our way of working, we attach a great deal of importance to humility and honesty; With respect for human values, we promise to serve our customers with integrity.”

Way Inspirational Humans Values Deals Honesty Humility Integrity Promise Importance Educational Customers Human Values Customer Loyalty Inspirational Customer Service Great Service Great Customer Service Loyal Customers

Author:Azim Premji

“Money is central to our lives. Yet money is not of central importance. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the lasting values that make life worth living.”

Life Values Our Lives Importance Live Life Lasting Worth Living Life Worth Living

Author:Kent Nerburn

“The inspirational value of the space program is probably of far greater importance to education than any input of dollars... A whole generation is growing up which has been attracted to the hard disciplines of science and engineering by the romance of space.”

“The nucleic acids, as constituents of living organisms, are comparable In importance to proteins. There is evidence that they are Involved In the processes of cell division and growth, that they participate In the transmission of hereditary characters, and that they are important constituents of viruses. An understanding of the molecular structure of the nucleic acids should be of value In the effort to understand the fundamental phenomena of life.”

Source: Linus Pauling: Biomolecular sciences

“People who describe culture and values and how people behave - I've heard people refer to it as 'the soft stuff'-they often underestimate its importance. The soft stuff actually is the hard stuff.”

People Hard Values Culture Stuff Heard Communication Importance Behave Underestimate

Author:Carly Fiorina

“Gradually, ... the aspect of science as knowledge is being thrust into the background by the aspect of science as the power of manipulating nature. It is because science gives us the power of manipulating nature that it has more social importance than art. Science as the pursuit of truth is the equal, but not the superior, of art. Science as a technique, though it may have little intrinsic value, has a practical importance to which art cannot aspire.”

Source: The Scientific Outlook

“The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qu'ran. It teaches the value and importance of charity, mercy, and peace.”

Knows Inspiration Values Teach Holy Worship Mercy Importance Charity Islam Devoted Islam Is Peace

Author:George W. Bush

“Death gives meaning to our lives. It gives importance and value to time. Time would become meaningless if there were too much of it.”

Ifs Giving Values Too Much Our Lives Importance Life And Death Meaningless

Book:The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

Source: The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence

“Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives... core ethical values of trustworthiness, fairness, responsibility, caring, respect, and citizenship form the foundation of our democracy, our economy, and our society... Instilling sound character in our children is essential to maintaining the strength of our Nation into the 21st century.”

“An arc of crisis stretches along the shores of the Indian Ocean, with fragile social and political structures in a region of vital importance to us threatened with fragmentation. The resulting political chaos could well be filled by elements hostile to our values and sympathetic to our adversaries.”

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Author:Zbigniew Brzezinski

“As the years progress one increasingly realises the importance of friendship and human solidarity. And if a 90-year-old may offer some unsolicited advice on this occasion, it would be that you, irrespective of your age, should place human solidarity, the concern for the other, at the centre of the values by which you live.”

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Author:Nelson Mandela

“Intellectuals are people who believe that ideas are of more importance than values. That is to say, their own ideas and other people's values.”

People Believe Ideas Values Belief Importance

Author:Gerald Brenan

“Over the years, many Americans have made sacrifices in order to promote freedom and human rights around the globe: the heroic actions of our veterans, the lifesaving work of our scientists and physicians, and generosity of countless individuals who voluntarily give of their time, talents, and energy to help others-all have enriched humankind and affirmed the importance of our Judeo-Christian heritage in shaping our government and values.”

“The high food value of field beans and the shortage of supply due to the light yields of 1915 and 1916 render them of great importance in the regions to which they are adapted.”

Light Values Fields Importance Dues Regions Yield Beans Adapted Shortage

Author:David F. Houston

“That something happened to you is of no importance to anyone, not even to you. The important thing about you is what you choose to make happen - your values and choices. That which happened by accident - what family you were born into, in what country, and where you went to school - is totally unimportant.”

Important Country Happens School Values Choices Born Happened Importance Important Things Accidents Things Happen You Choose Unimportant

Author:Ayn Rand

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