Quotes with use-value

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  • George Bernard Shaw What's the use of money if you have to earn it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Antonio Porchia Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me.
    Antonio Porchia
    Argentinian poet (1885 - 1968)
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  • William James Whatever universe a professor believes in must at any rate be a universe that lends itself to lengthy discourse. A universe definable in two sentences is something for which the professorial intellect has no use. No faith in anything of that cheap kind!
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • Bruce Schneier When a big company lays you off, they often give you a year's salary to 'go pursue a dream.' If you're stupid, you panic and get another job. If you're smart, you take the money and use the time to figure out what you want to do next.
    Bruce Schneier
    American cryptographer, computer security professional and writer (1963 - )
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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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  • Audre Lorde When I dare to be powerful - to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
    The Cancer Journals (1980)
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Brad Wenstrup When I grew up, and I think about City Council, I look at the men and women then - these were people who just wanted to be a part of the community and give something back. They weren't necessarily trying to use it as a steppingstone to something else. I looked up to those people.
    Brad Wenstrup
    American politician, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Army_Reserve" class="mw-redirect&# (1958 - )
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  • Ang Lee When I see something I like, that's all that counts. What they use, how they get there, I never bother them.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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  • Audre Lorde When I use my strength in the service of my vision it makes no difference whether or not I am afraid.
    Audre Lorde
    American writer, feminist, womanist, librarian, and civil (1934 - 1992)
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  • Ben Harper When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone - it's possible. But creatively, it's more like painting: you can't just use the same colours in every painting. It's just not an option. You can't take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.
    Ben Harper
    American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1969 - )
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  • Beeban Kidron When politicians say, 'Oh, parents should supervise their kids' Internet use,' it drives me crazy.
    Beeban Kidron
    British filmmaker (1961 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz When screening engineers from other companies, its smart to value engineers from great companies more than those from mediocre companies.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Ben Horowitz When the value of the company clearly has fallen below what its assets are worth, having a shareholder who says, 'Let's get a better board' can be helpful.
    Ben Horowitz
    American businessman, investor, blogger, and author (1966 - )
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  • Blaise Pascal When we are accustomed to use bad reasons for proving natural effects, we are not willing to receive good reasons when they are discovered.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Bruno Maag When we design for non-Latin, we always aim to create a rhythm and texture that is sympathetic so when you have the two scripts running side by side, they create, ideally, the same tonal value on the page.
    Bruno Maag
    Swiss type designer and businessman (1962 - )
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  • Edgar Cayce When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
    Edgar Cayce
    American clairvoyant (1877 - 1945)
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  • Bono When you truly accept that those children in some far off place in the global village have the same value as you in God's eyes or even in just your eyes, then your life is forever changed; you see something that you can't un-see.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
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  • Carolyn Chute Whenever I write, I write what I find to be the way people are. I never use any symbolism at all, but if you write as true to life as you possibly can, people will see symbolism. They'll all see different symbolism, but they're apt to because you can see it in life.
    Carolyn Chute
    American writer and populist
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  • Bobby Scott While we must ensure that these dangerous new drugs and precursors do not get in the hands of children or others who would use them improperly, we must also be aware that these same drugs have legitimate uses.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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