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• The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but by how he says it.

  Mahmoud Darwish

  Poet, Poetry Is

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• I came from Yale, where you get an extracurricular degree in self-importance because you went there. When AIDS happened, I was treated like an outcast. And I don't like that feeling.

  Larry Kramer

  Yale, Self, Feelings

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• With the increasing importance of standards for system-level objects such as COM and CORBA, it is particularly important that the C++ bindings to those be clean, well documented, and simple to use.

  Bjarne Stroustrup

  Simple, Important, Use

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• The importance of certain problems concerning the facts will be inherent in the structure of the system.

  Talcott Parsons

  Facts, Problem, Structure

  Talcott Parsons (1968). “The structure of social action: a study in social theory with special reference to a group of recent European writers”

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• Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true importance. The first thing tomorrow morning, start working on an item Number 1, and stay with it until completed. Then take item Number 2 the same way. Then Number 3, and so on. Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

  Ivy Lee

  Time, Morning, Writing

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• The thumb does not have very a important role when shifting from one position to another. There is too much said, as it seems to me, about importance of the thumb... The thumb must lightly touch the neck and follow the forefinger when moving in different positions, aiding the hand to shift up and down without clutching the instrument.

  Leopold Auer

  Moving, Hands, Important

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• If we were to abandon concern for what is true, what is false, and what remains indeterminate, the world would be totally chaotic. Even those who deny the importance of truth, on the one hand, are quick to jump on anyone who is caught lying.

  Howard Gardner

  Lying, Hands, Would Be

  "Living Legends: An Interview With Howard Gardner, Part I". Interview with Matthew Lynch, Ed.D., www.huffingtonpost.com. January 9, 2012.

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• For me, at least, all of my career goals, all of my focus, everything just shifted and the importance was my children, and that's where all the joy came from as well.

  Steve Carell

  Children, Careers, Goal

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• Clinton is a big personality who has led a big life, and for some of the media conventional wisdom to boil it down to a view that 'all people are really interested in' are a few moments of madness in the Oval Office gets him, the importance of the presidency, and the significance of his life, all wrong.

  Alastair Campbell

  Views, Media, People

  "The Bill Clinton I knew" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. June 26, 2004.

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• As you know, I am a novelist, and I really want to write novels. But I knew enough about the Dreyfus case to understand immediately why what happened to Dreyfus was not merely a cause celebre from the end of the 19th century, but an event that could be shown to teach us lessons of the greatest importance for our own time.

  Louis Begley

  Writing, Novelists, Events

  Interview with David B. Green, www.haaretz.com. January 3, 2010.

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• How come life is so important in the nine months before birth, but then we sort of forget about the importance, we're not worried about whether that baby lives in poverty once he or she is born.

  Birch Bayh

  Baby, Important, Nine

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• What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago.

  David Baltimore

  Years, Numbers, Answers

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• I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life.

  Paul Bremer

  Thinking, People, Political

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• I continue to be a strong believer in the life-saving importance of early detection, and I encourage everyone to be proactive about their preventive screenings.

  Roy Blunt

  Strong, Saving, Proactive

  "Roy Blunt undergoes medical procedure" by Seung Min Kim, www.politico.com. January 13, 2012.

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• Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.

  Terry Brooks

  Country, Thinking, Imagination

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• If there's ever an example of the importance of making bold bets and focusing on what you love, it's Twitter.

  Dick Costolo

  Example, Ifs, What You Love

  Dick Costolo's Commencement Address at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, www.c-span.org. May 4, 2013.

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• Nothing gives us greater pride than the importance of India's scientific and engineering colleges, or the army of Indian scientists at organizations such as Microsoft and NASA. Our temples are not the god-encrusted shrines of Varanasi, but Western scientific institutions like Caltech and MIT, and magazines like 'Nature' and 'Scientific American.

  Aravind Adiga

  Pride, Army, College

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• I started doing regional theater. My first job was "The Importance of Being Earnest" at Dallas Theater Center.

  Anna Camp

  Jobs, Dallas, Firsts

  "Anna Camp Pushes Her Boundaries in 'Pitch Perfect' and 'The Mindy Project'". Interview with Suzy Evans, www.backstage.com. October 9, 2012.

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• The 'Soul Train' legacy and brand are of the utmost importance to me and to 'Soul Train's' millions of fans. After years of offers, I feel the time is now finally right to pass the torch.

  Don Cornelius

  Years, Soul, Torches

  "Next stop for 'Soul Train': new ownership" by Kimberly Nordyke, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 18, 2008.

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• I want to focus on the importance of supporting marriage. I always speak about the need to respect everyone's human dignity - regardless of their sexual orientation. I think strengthening marriage is something that benefits everyone.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Thinking, Focus, Needs

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• When you win a Grammy, it links a certain prestige and importance to you, you know? People want to talk to you.

  Stanley Clarke

  Winning, People, Links

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• I think the success of 'Downton' is partly because there are effectively 18 leading characters, all given equal importance, so it's enormously involving on many levels. But also, it's a new story. It's not like Dickens or Austen, where everyone knows the denouement.

  Michelle Dockery

  Character, Thinking, Stories

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Twenty-eight years in business and you understand the importance of problem solving and the importance of efficiency, because if you don't become efficient, you don't run a business well, and you are out of business. And I think some of those principles could be applied to leadership in Washington.

  Steve Daines

  Running, Thinking, Eight

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• Great Britain is not part of the euro-zone; but the decision we take will have great importance for Great Britain.

  Francois Fillon

  Decision, Britain, Euro

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• The fact that books today are mostly a string of words makes it easier to forget the text. With the impact of the iPad and the future of the book being up for re-imagination, I wonder whether we'll rediscover the importance of making texts richer visually.

  Joshua Foer

  Book, Ipads, Impact

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