#necessary

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. ↗

— Mark Twain

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If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. ↗

— Voltaire

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Art is the elimination of the unnecessary. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#elimination #unnecessary

No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them no cause to miss him less. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#friends #give #him #his #less

It is often necessary to know how to obey a woman in order sometimes to have the right to command her. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy. ↗

— William Ralph Inge

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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Ultimately, if you can say that I'm a bad owner and we're winning championships, I can live with that. But if we're not making the playoffs and we're spending and losing money, then I have to look in the mirror and say maybe I'm not taking the necessary steps to doing what it takes to run an organization. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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I believe it's important that we ensure that the police have a modern and flexible workforce. I think that's what is necessary, so that they can provide the public with the service that they want. ↗

— Theresa May

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And I find - I'm 63, and my capacity to be by myself and just spend time by myself hasn't diminished any. That's the necessary part of being a writer, you better like being alone. ↗

— John Irving

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