I thought to myself: What are the most important problems that society faces that I could contribute to? And it was clear that finding new sustainable sources of energy was the most important.
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I thought to myself: What are the most important problems that society faces that I could contribute to? And it was clear that finding new sustainable sources of energy was the most important.
I don't think we should stop emphasizing race because I think, you know, race is still very, very important, and we have to recognize that and continue to introduce programs to address racial inequities. But we have to widen our vision and also address the growing problems of economic class.
It's the journey that matters. Learning is more important than the test. Practice well, and the games will take care of themselves.
I made a ridiculous statement when I first went to North Carolina State. I said I know basketball down there was like life or death. It was very wrong. It's more important.
A bad review is even less important than whether it is raining in Patagonia.
Your life is much more important that you can imagine... it is your first treasure.
The ability to bounce back after a setback is the single most important trait an entrepreneurial venture can possess.
The Voting Rights Act was, and still is, vitally important to the future of democracy in the United States.
Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to both these essential phases of war administration.
The acquisition of literacy is one of the most important epigenetic achievements of Homo sapiens. To our knowledge, no other species ever acquired it.
The secret of life is to have a task, something you devote your entire life to, something you bring everything to, every minute of the day for the rest of your life. And the most important thing is, it must be something you cannot possibly do.
It's important that everyone realizes how much scientists still don't know.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
I've been an important star and lived a full life, yet I only hve three close friends. I guess that's all anyone can expect.
...it was always our view that in order to attain this [proletarian revolution] and the other far more important aims of the future social revolution, the working class must first take possession of the organised political power of the state and by its aid crush the resistance of the capitalist class and organise society anew.
Life is more important than art; that's what makes art important.
Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right.
But to me, the most important page in my daughter's book is the last one - because it's blank. It says, "Your Hero's Photo Here," and, "Your Hero's Story Here."
When I left Dortmund, I said it's not important what people think when you come in but what they think when you leave.
Pictures, regardless of how they are created and recreated, are intended to be looked at. This brings to the forefront not the technology of imaging, which of course is important, but rather what we might call the eyenology (seeing).
But the Hebrew word, the word timshel—‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on a man. For if ‘Thou mayest’—it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not.
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