#importance

The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing witness, to become a voice for the voiceless. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#bearing #become #being #believe #could

No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them. ↗

— Charles Lyell

#attached #been #fact #higher #higher levels

On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#becoming #both #clear #communication #component

Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily. ↗

— Thomas Szasz

#aware #before #children #conscious #easily

I was raised on the values of speaking up and making a positive difference in a very political family that believed in the importance of public service. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#difference #family #i #i was raised #importance

For Stevie, the words are of prime importance; the song moves around the words, rather than the words moving around the song. ↗

— Christine McVie

#importance #moves #moving #prime #rather

I always knew the importance of it, since I was three or four years old my mother used to feed me wine and water. I grew up with wine as liquid food. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#feed #food #four #grew #i

When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#asthma #attack #attended #child #children

For example, the Prime Minister earlier this year talked about the importance of the Arctic to our future. He's right. A hundred years from now, the strength of Canada is going to be coming from our resources in the Arctic. ↗

— Brian Mulroney

#arctic #canada #coming #earlier #example

The tragic case of Terri Schiavo in Florida highlights the importance of making our health-care wishes known. ↗

— Bill Nelson

#florida #highlights #importance #known #making