#importance

Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment. ↗

— William Goldman

#consequence #identity #importance #inquisitiveness #identity

People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon. ↗

— Vanna Bonta

#celebrity #hubris #quote #self-importance #vanity

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. ↗

— John Adams

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The aspect of congresses and such meetings generally to which I attach the greatest importance is the discussion. That is why people assemble: to hear different opinions, rather than to pass resolutions. ↗

— Fredrik Bajer

#assemble #attach #congresses #different #different opinions

I am convinced that dealing intelligently with the press is of the greatest importance to the success and effectiveness of a humanitarian mission. ↗

— Alvin Adams

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If you look at U.S. history through religious history, there is very much a motif that shows the importance religion has played in the U.S. We're a very religious country and it affects the way we look at various political issues. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#country #history #importance #issues #look

Inspiration is a farce that poets have invented to give themselves importance. ↗

— Jean Anouilh

#give #importance #inspiration #invented #poets

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it. ↗

— Todd Barry

#certain #certain things #comedians #comic #else

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. ↗

— Angela Davis

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Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy. ↗

— Sun Tzu

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