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"The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe."
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"It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others."

"What does gene A do? What does gene B do? What does it do in different contexts? What's its importance? We know the answer to that for a very small number of genes, the ones that made themselves evident many years ago."

"It's the level that allows us each to live our own chosen lives. But I notice not everyone agrees with the primary importance of that level, and I try to account for how they don't."

"A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down."

"It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance."

"Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed."

"You already have the most important tool which is work."

"Though you are as a drop in the ocean, without you, the universe would be empty."

"The plants which stand next to dwarf trees in importance with the Chinese are certainly chrysanthemums, which they manage extremely well, perhaps better than they do any other plant."
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"The mathematician, carried along on his flood of symbols, dealing apparently with purely formal truths, may still reach results of endless importance for our description of the physical universe."
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