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Value Quotes
"But again, we, I think, over the years have set the example for a lot of nations that may not have had the same values, the same type of coming out of the same culture that we as Americans have and enjoy. But we can be an example, a role model for them."
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"Convinced that behavior and conduct are every bit as important as skills and expertise, I sought to build the firm into an enduring, values-based institution."
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"There are some fundamental values it's impossible to be wrong about."
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"Everyone's values are defined by what they will tolerate when it is done to others."
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"The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see."
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"Conservatives have no understanding of modern capitalism. They have a distorted understanding of the traditional values they claim to defend."
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"A good story often increases the salability of an item without increasing its actual value."
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"If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?"
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"There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate what a thing is worth to you."
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"We ought to affirm the fact that hundreds of thousands if not millions of Iranians are risking their liberty and even perhaps their lives to take a stand for the values upon which we have really founded this nation."
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"To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects."
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"What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both."
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"I want to lead the Progressive Conservative Party, a party that will promote true conservative values and principles. I can tell you right now, I am not the merger candidate. I am not interested in institutional marriages with other parties."
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"All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values."
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"I not only lived physically away from my native land, but the values and critical judgments of those closest to me became stranger and stranger."
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"Money is just time that is well converted."
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"We should propagate the values of vegetarianism."
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"Time is the ultimate wealth."
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"Richness does not exist in being wealthy, richness exists in having abundance in life."
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"It's impossible to make a picture without values. Values are the basis. If they are not, tell me what is the basis."
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"To be one's self, and unafraid whether right or wrong, is more admirable than the easy cowardice of surrender to conformity."
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"The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group."
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"Be a person of value, but never try to define your worth."
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"It's really true in this country that more and more Americans think that underneath the economic crisis there's a values crisis, and we won't get to an economic recovery without a moral recovery as well. So a citizen's movement about values and economics I'm finding all over the country on main street, and Wall Street needs to pay attention to that."
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"A heart of gold is more precious than a necklace of diamonds."
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"Do not depreciate a creation of God."
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"How we respond to the opportunities and challenges of the outside world now determines how much the outside world values us."
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"Money is what you get in exchange with time invested."
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"The sweetest apples are eaten first."
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"A rough diamond is still worth more than a polished pebble."
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"Love is your greatest asset, fear is your greatest liability, and joy is your greatest reward."
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"Adding value to your life is the only way to fulfill your calling."
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"Honey does not lose its sweetness because it is made by bees that sting."
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"Money is a great asset, talent is an extraordinary asset, and courage is an exceptional asset."
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"Morality cannot replace goodness. Knowledge cannot replace wisdom. Fame cannot replace honor. Pleasure cannot replace contentment. Passion cannot replace love."
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