#valuable

U.S. nuclear technology is one of this nation's most valuable secrets, and it should have been protected. ↗

— Charles Foster Bass

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People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure. ↗

— David Attenborough

#amazement #beautiful #feel #important #must

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

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Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point. A diamond with a flaw is more valuable that a brick without a flaw. ↗

— William J. H. Boetcker

#brick #diamond #flaw #man #more

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

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

— Julius Erving

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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't find anyone to talk to. ↗

— Alain de Botton

#authors #because #books #booksellers #destination

It's a fundamental, social attitude that the 1% supports symphonies and operas and doesn't support Johnny learning to program hip-hop beats. When I put it like that, it sounds like, 'Well, yeah,' but you start to think, 'Why not, though?' What makes one more valuable than another? ↗

— David Byrne

#attitude #beats #fundamental #hip-hop #i

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend. ↗

— Andreas Capellanus

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