Quotes with high-value

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  • Arnold Bennett We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Emily Dickinson We never know how high we are till we are called to rise; and then, if we are true to plan, our stature's touch the skies.
    Emily Dickinson
    American poet (1830 - 1886)
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  • Augustus William Hare We never know the true value of friends. While they live, we are too sensitive of their faults; when we have lost them, we only see their virtues.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Barbara Ehrenreich We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
    Barbara Ehrenreich
    American author and political activist (1941 - 2022)
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  • Bill Drayton We would like to have every middle and high school become a place where there will be lots of examples of youth competence and confidence.
    Bill Drayton
    American social entrepreneur
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  • Cate Blanchett We've enshrined the purity, sanctity, value, and importance of bringing children into the world, yet we don't discuss death. There used to be an enshrined period where mourning was a necessary part of going through the process of grieving; death wasn't considered morbid or antisocial. But that's totally gone.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • B. Kevin Turner We've got a great value proposition against Chromebooks, we are not ceding the market to anyone.
    B. Kevin Turner
    American businessman (1965 - )
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  • David Hare Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.
    David Hare
    British Playwright, Director (1947 - )
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  • Raymond Chandler What did it matter where you lay once you were dead? In a dirty sump or in a marble tower on top of a high hill? You were dead, you were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that. Oil and water were the same as wind and air to you.
    Raymond Chandler
    American writer (1888 - 1959)
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  • Campbell Newman What happened in Queensland is that people are facing high unemployment relative to other states - 5.7 per cent when I last checked.
    Campbell Newman
    Australian politician (1963 - )
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  • Oscar Wilde What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Barbara Corcoran What people ask for has nothing to do with the value of a property. You might see a listing for $300,000 and think you should make a $250,000 bid. But hyper-focus on what the house is worth. You should know what the house is worth by looking at comparable properties. Base your bid on that.
    Barbara Corcoran
    American businesswoman, investor, speaker and consultant (1949 - )
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  • Jeanette Winterson What you risk reveals what you value.
    The Passion (2007) 43
    Jeanette Winterson
    English writer (1959 - )
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  • Angela Davis When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • Carroll Quigley When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates, and checks of the purchaser's country, since these are of value only in the country of issue.
    Carroll Quigley
    American historian and theorist (1910 - 1977)
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  • Blair Underwood When I doing dinner theater in high school, I was talking to a woman who had been in the business for a while and I said I want to act, that's all I want to do with my life and she said if you're serious then you need to hone every discipline you can.
    Blair Underwood
    American actor (1964 - )
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  • Ben Carson When I entered high school I was an A-student, but not for long. I wanted the fancy clothes. I wanted to hang out with the guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student to a C-student, but I didn't care. I was getting the high fives and the low fives and the pats on the back. I was cool.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Boyd Holbrook When I got into high school, I got really into basketball. I had this itch that I wanted to just move. I didn't know what I wanted to do, but I knew that if basketball became a scholarship or something, it would be a means to that. It turned out I couldn't jump that high.
    Boyd Holbrook
    American actor and model
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