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title: "8 Small Importance Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“Once one's up against it, the precise manner of one's death has obviously small importance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/albert-camus/once-one-s-up-against-it-the-precise-manner-of-one-s-death-has/)

[Albert Camus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/albert-camus/)

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> [His impact would have been of transient memory and comparatively small importance, had not that impact occurred at a time and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-welch/his-impact-would-have-been-of-transient-memory-and-comparatively/)

[Robert Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-welch/)

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> [“Great events, but it all seemed of small importance compared to what happened now, in this room. Who knew? The course of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-abercrombie/great-events-but-it-all-seemed-of-small-importance-compared-to-what/)

[Joe Abercrombie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-abercrombie/)

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> [As any good teacher knows, the methods of instruction and the range of material covered are matters of small importance as compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/as-any-good-teacher-knows-the-methods-of-instruction-and-the-range-of/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [The conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-le-bon/the-conscious-life-of-the-mind-is-of-small-importance-in-comparison/)

[Gustave Le Bon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-le-bon/)

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> [There are no little events in life, those we think of no consequence may be full of fate, and it is at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-are-no-little-events-in-life-those-we-think-of-no-consequence/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I am sorry to say that sometimes matters of very small importance waste a good deal of precious time, by the long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-whipple/i-am-sorry-to-say-that-sometimes-matters-of-very-small-importance/)

[William Whipple](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-whipple/)

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> [People are always a little disconcerted when you don't recognize them, they are so important to themselves, it is a shock to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-somerset-maugham/people-are-always-a-little-disconcerted-when-you-don-t-recognize-them/)

[W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-somerset-maugham/)

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