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"Our assessment of socio-economic worth is largely a sham. We scientists should not lend ourselves to it - though we routinely do. We should, instead, insist on applying the criterion of quality."
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"Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists."
"What is easy is seldom excellent."
"It is not how fast a tree grows, but how well. It is not how big a fruit is, but how sweet."
"Quality is better than quantity."
"The best trees produce the sweetest fruits."
"One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect."
"The time you utilize doing something determines how good the product will be."
"In celebration of this Earth Day, I encourage all Members of the House to support legislation aimed at investing in the improvement of water quality in our Nation's lakes, rivers, streams and estuaries."
"A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out."
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"The time has come to underscore the fact that our and others' rights are contingent on our willingness to assert and defend them."
"The scientific and scholarly community is marked by the belief that the truth is to be found in all; none can claim it as their monopoly."
"If we treasure our own experience and regard it as real, we must also treasure other people's experience."
"In the late 1950s a major topic under discussion was whether Canada should acquire nuclear weapons."
"The applause is a celebration not only of the actors but also of the audience. It constitutes a shared moment of delight."
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