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In fact, there was general agreement that minds can exist on nonbiological substrates and that algorithms are of central importance to the existence of minds. ↗

— Vernor Vinge

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If you're sitting in your minivan, playing your computer animated films for your children in the back seat, is it the animation that's entertaining you as you drive and listen? No, it's the storytelling. That's why we put so much importance on story. No amount of great animation will save a bad story. ↗

— John Lasseter

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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

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If our dreams were more regular, more connected, more stable, they would also have more practical importance for us. ↗

— Ernst Mach

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For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. ↗

— Arthur Machen

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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

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

— Christine McVie

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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

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Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter. ↗

— Lisa Murkowski

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A work of art has no importance whatever to society. It is only important to the individual. ↗

— Vladimir Nabokov

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