Important Quotes - Page 37

• After the initial critical learning period of youth is over, the areas of the brain that need to be 'turned on' to allow enhanced, long lasting learning can only be activated when something important, surprising, or novel occurs, or if we make the effort to pay close attention.

  Norman Doidge

  Knowledge, Long, Effort

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• The first book ever written in an alphabet was the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament. And the most important passage was the Ten Commandments. The first commandment is the most revolutionary sentence ever written. It states: "I am the Lord thy God there is no other." The second prohibits us from making images. Thus, there is a profound rejection of any goddess influence and a ban of representative art.

  Leonard Shlain

  Art, Book, Profound

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• There are many ways to draw beautifully. It's important to let the drawing be an investigation and sometimes, in order to investigate, you need to go off the path.

  Jacob Collins

  Order, Drawing, Needs

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• The writer of these lines has nothing whatsoever to teach anyone; his words are just his contribution to our common discussion of what must inevitably be for us the most important subject which could be discussed by sentient beings.

  Wei Wu Wei

  Lines, Common, Teach

  Wei Wu Wei (2004). “Open Secret”, p.24, Sentient Publications

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• It's hard with ballet because your aesthetic really is important. It's different from acting and from film. Nobody wants to watch somebody who is sickly thin. And it's interesting because I have danced with people who are ill, have eating disorders, and a light goes off within them.

  Amanda Schull

  Light, Interesting, People

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• I've always been very interested in fashion, but it is extremely important to me that the social and environment issues associated with the production of fashionable clothing are addressed. Made-By carries out really important work in transforming the fashion industry, and I am thrilled to support the organisation and help raise awareness of these ongoing issues.

  Bonnie Wright

  Fashion, Issues, Support

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• I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more important for your constituents that you be reelected than that you deal honestly with them.

  James L. Buckley

  Temptation, Cases, Overwhelming

  James L. Buckley (2010). “Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State”, p.246, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I feel like one of the things that is central to American life is the religious experience, and I think that the experience of being Muslim in America is as valid and as important a perspective on the religious experience of America as evangelical Christianity or Judaism - whatever it may be.

  Ayad Akhtar

  Religious, Thinking, America

  "Actor-writer Ayad Akhtar". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2012.

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• As a nation, we owe a great deal to the National Audubon Society, one of our most distinguished and important environmental organizations, and all those who work to protect America's open land and waterways.

  Louis Bacon

  Land, Organization, America

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• It is not advantageous for Russia in its present state to fight against Chechnya. The army is a mess. It must be made combat ready. That will take time. Russia has a lot of economic, social and political problems much more important than Chechnya.

  Aslan Maskhadov

  Army, Fighting, Russia

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• Breasts are very important for women. Their clothes just don't hang right without them.

  Jennifer Crusie

  Clothes, Breasts

  Jennifer Crusie (2012). “Strange Bedpersons”, p.34, Harlequin

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• The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

  Jack Germond

  People, Secret, Tvs

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• Everyone I know thinks television is the most important part of my life. I did it for the money! I was able to send my daughter to college.

  Jack Germond

  Daughter, College, Thinking

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• We all want things that are not necessarily essential, but we always choose those actions which we think will best improve the situation from our viewpoint. This means that the ideas that men hold determine their choice of actions. This means that the most important thing in the world is ideas.

  Percy L. Greaves, Jr.

  Mean, Men, Thinking

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• In the field of Artificial Intelligence there is no more iconic and controversial milestone than the Turing Test, when a computer convinces a sufficient number of interrogators into believing that it is not a machine but rather is a human. It is fitting that such an important landmark has been reached at the Royal Society in London, the home of British Science and the scene of many great advances in human understanding over the centuries. This milestone will go down in history as one of the most exciting.

  Kevin Warwick

  Believe, Home, Numbers

  "Computer Simulating 13-year-old Boy Becomes First to Pass Turing Test". www.reading.ac.uk. June 09, 2014.

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• In some ways painters have been more important in my life than writers. Painters teach you how to see—a faculty that usually isn’t highly developed in poets. Whether you take a walk in the woods with a painter, or go to a museum with one, through them you notice shapes, colors, harmonies, relationships that enhance your own seeing.

  Carolyn Kizer

  Museums, Color, Way

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• I do not recall another period when ‘faith’ was as popular as it is today. ‘If only we believe hard enough we'll make it somehow.’ So goes the popular chant. What you believe is not important. Only believe... What is overlooked in all this is that faith is good only when it engages truth; when it is made to rest upon falsehood it can and often does lead to eternal tragedy. For it is not enough that we believe; we must believe the right thing about the right One.

  Aiden Wilson Tozer

  Believe, Tragedy, Doe

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• What happens when an art form becomes ambiguous, I think, is that the standards are lowered. You can say anything is jazz. So I think it's important to reflect on what made jazz so special.

  Stefon Harris

  Art, Thinking, Special

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• You see continuous movement is the important thing here. Those who remain in one position and then lie to themselves about their progress are the ones in real trouble.

  Chris Murray

  Real, Lying, Progress

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• The main thing is winning. Stats aren't that important, but I think in the end things will work themselves out.

  John Harbaugh

  Winning, Thinking, Ends

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• No office in the land is more important than that of being a citizen.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Land, Office, Citizens

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• Reject without regret whatever seems on reflection wrongheaded, dull, destructive, or irrelevant to your vision. It’s just as important to be able to discriminate between helpful and unhelpful criticism as it is to be able to write.

  Janet Burroway

  Regret, Writing, Reflection

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• If you have cancer, the most important single consideration is to get the maximum amount of vitamin B17 into your body in the shortest period of time. This is secondary to the medical skill involved in administering it, which is relatively minimal.

  Ernst T. Krebs

  Cancer, Skills, Body

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• I grew up watching my Dad, Uncles Ciaran Murray and Brendan Murray, and cousin, Aedin Murray, who were all national caliber Gaelic football players in Ireland. I try to watch as much Gaelic football as I can, it is my first love. I bleed Green, White, and Orange. Gaelic football players don’t get paid to play, you play to represent your county that is more important than earning money.

  Patrick Murray

  Football, Cousin, Uncles

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• I come out before the matches because it's important the fans see I am in a good mood. When I get to the club, my mood is always lifted. You can be in a terrible mood, but once you are at Fulham, you are happy.

  Mohamed Al-Fayed

  Fans, Clubs, Good Mood

  "Mohamed Al Fayed on why he will always try to run Fulham the right way" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2010.

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