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title: "11 Relative Importance Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [Relative to its importance, the brain is the most underappreciated opportunity in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-johnson/relative-to-its-importance-the-brain-is-the-most-underappreciated/)

[Bryan Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-johnson/)

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> [“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/people-tend-to-assess-the-relative-importance-of-issues-by-the-ease-2/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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> [It is rather a problem of how to secure the best use of resources known to any of the members of society,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-august-von-hayek/it-is-rather-a-problem-of-how-to-secure-the-best-use-of-resources/)

[Friedrich August von Hayek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-august-von-hayek/)

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> [First and foremost I feel I am a child of God …Today I think that everything matters, but like a nice game…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/augusto-de-luca/first-and-foremost-i-feel-i-am-a-child-of-god-today-i-think-that/)

[Augusto De Luca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/augusto-de-luca/)

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> [Every psychological event depends upon the state of the person and at the same time on the environment, although their relative importance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-lewin/every-psychological-event-depends-upon-the-state-of-the-person-and-at/)

[Kurt Lewin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-lewin/)

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> [“People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/people-tend-to-assess-the-relative-importance-of-issues-by-the-ease/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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> [“For example, students of policy have noted that the availability heuristic helps explain why some issues are highly salient in the public’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/for-example-students-of-policy-have-noted-that-the-availability/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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> [“In thinking about the relative importance of great relationships and money, it was clear that relationships were more important because there is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-dalio/in-thinking-about-the-relative-importance-of-great-relationships-and/)

[Ray Dalio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-dalio/)

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> [We do not see and estimate the relative importance of objects so easily and clearly from the level or the waving land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-pike/we-do-not-see-and-estimate-the-relative-importance-of-objects-so/)

[Albert Pike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-pike/)

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> [Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-pais/of-course-relative-citation-frequencies-are-no-measure-of-relative/)

[Abraham Pais](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-pais/)

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> [People tend to assess the relative importance of issues by the ease with which they are retrieved from memory—and this is largely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-kahneman/people-tend-to-assess-the-relative-importance-of-issues-by-the-ease-3/)

[Daniel Kahneman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-kahneman/)

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