#valuable

People write me from all over the country, asking me, and sometimes even telling me, what they think a poet laureate should do. I found that immensely valuable. ↗

— Rita Dove

#country #even #found #i #immensely

Because I am not formally trained in the medical sciences, I can bring in new ideas to AIDS research and the cross-fertilization of ideas from different fields could be a valuable contribution to finding the cure for AIDS. ↗

— Philip Emeagwali

#am #because #bring #contribution #could

In 1981, at age 31, I was voted the best player in basketball, and the most valuable player in the league. ↗

— Julius Erving

#basketball #best #i #league #most

I learned a valuable life lesson that summer. You should find something in life that you really enjoy and seriously consider making that your life's work. ↗

— Jim Evans

#enjoy #find #i #learned #lesson

When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#came #drama #i #i came #know

As everything becomes digitized, there's the idea that things that can't be digitized become more valuable. ↗

— David Byrne

#becomes #everything #idea #more #things

Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but also the most valuable plants of every description. ↗

— George Grey

#australia #could #description #every #i

Annexation is probably the most valuable tool a city has to ensure orderly growth and development. ↗

— Jeff Hawkins

#development #ensure #growth #most #orderly

The most intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security and calm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts and their conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results. ↗

— Carl Jung

#calm #conflicts #disturbed #easily #intense

To me, the newspaper business was a way to learn about life and how things worked in the real world and how people spoke. You learn all the skills - you learn to listen, you learn to take notes - everything you use later as a novelist was valuable training in the newspaper world. But I always wanted to write novels. ↗

— Carl Hiaasen

#always #business #everything #how #i