#indispensable

She became so important to them that they wondered how they had ever managed without her in the past. And the longer she stayed with them the more indispensable she became, so indispensable in fact that their one fear was that she might some day move on. ↗

— Michael Ende

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Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women. ↗

— Maria Callas

#being #enough #greatest #greatest weapon #hands

If you combat an international phenomenon, it is indispensable to share information internationally. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

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So long as we love, we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#friend #i #indispensable #long #love

So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#friend #i #indispensable #long #loved

You cannot sift out the poor from the community. The poor are indispensable to the rich. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

#community #indispensable #out #poor #rich

Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

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Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague. ↗

— Norman Douglas

#body #causes #everything #find #first

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines. ↗

— Simone Weil

#being #being deceived #deceived #doctrine #doctrines

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#campaign #despotism #during #indispensable #long